Portrait in Sepia - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune , and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, T he House of the Spirits . Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California. Klappentext A sequel to Daughter of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author, Isabel Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past. Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties. Zusammenfassung "Portrait in Sepia is the best book Allende has published in the United States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, The House of the Spirits .” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World “ Portrait in Sepia tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as complete and inspiring as the real world it parallels … Allende’s enchanting historical universe keeps expanding and Portrait in Sepia is a new galactic jewel.” — Chicago Tribune A richly imagined historical novel about memory and family secrets from the New York Times bestselling author of Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, Zorro, and House of the Spirits . ...

Product details

• Authors: Isabel Allende
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2001
• EAN: 9780066211619
• ISBN: 978-0-06-621161-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Historical romance, Romantic suspense, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, United States of America, USA, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Sagas, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Sea Stories, FICTION: Magical Realism, LITERATURE: LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, LITERATURE: LATIN AMERICA & LATINO, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Women's Literature, Literature / Literature in Translation, Literature / Latin America & Latino