A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende
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Pub Date Mar 04 2021 | Archive Date Mar 18 2021
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Description
Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life – and the fate of his country – forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile in Chile. There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.
'One of the strongest and most affecting works in Allende's long career' New York Times Book Review
Advance Praise
'Allende's stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry' Barbara Kingsolver
'Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity' New York Times
'If Allende's life depended on her narrative gifts, she'd not only survive, but reign' Los Angeles Times
‘Isabel Allende is a grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight. Her place as an icon of world literature was secured long ago. She will be celebrated, by readers and writers alike, for generations to come’ Khaled Hosseini
‘This is a novel not just for those of us who have been Allende fans for decades, but also for those who are brand new to her work: what a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time. She knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time' Colum McCann
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781526615947 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
linda e, Librarian
another superb, engrossing story from Isobel Allende. The story starts with a very dramatic healing of a soldier with a wound to his heart in the Spanish civil war and the plot moves through the brutality of that war , to the refugee crisis as the families migrate from Spain to Chile. Against this background are the love stories and trials and tribulations of two families. I loved this book and will definitely recommend it.
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