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Spectacular story-telling . . . the author's elaborate skill in weaving intimate emotional detail into the broad canvas of history is in fantastic display.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA spellbinding family saga—a sequel to Daughter of Fortune—from the bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea.After suffering a brutal trauma, Aurora del Valle cannot remember the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambit...

Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade.”—Boston GlobeAn enthralling tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with the pain and deprivation that shaped him.Born in the Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived the killing fields of Vietnam, and is now a lawyer in San Francisco. Though he has successfully survived this hard journey, Gre...

Powerfully evocative. . . . Allende is at her best here, spinning words like spells, enthralling the reader with surreal visions of the New World.”— NewsweekA passionate epic of love, freedom, and conquest, based on historical events, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea.Though she was born into poverty, Inés Suárez, a seamstress in sixteenth-century Spain, embodies the same restles...

Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”—Los Angeles TimesThe New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman—a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny—in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century.T...

A stunningly intimate memoir. . . . Allende is that rare writer whose understanding of story matches her mastery of language.”—Entertainment Weekly The revered New York Times bestselling author of House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea ponders the elements that led to her becoming a writer, including the homeland she lost and the one she found, and the family spirits, both living and dead, who haunt her life and work.In this wondrous...

An inspiring and thought-provoking work.”—Denver PostThe sequel to Isabel Allende's beloved bestselling Paula—a loving portrait of a makeshift extended family whose beating heart is its remarkable matriarch—a strong, stubborn, fiercely loyal, and loving woman—who must carry on after an unbearable loss.In this powerful memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her life after the death of her daughter, Paula. But The Sum of Our ...

Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles TimesIn this literary classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls the story of her beloved daughter and her remarkable family's past.When her daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, Isabel Allende began to write the story of her family for her un...

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Ölüm asilmasi gereken bir esiktir. Tipki dogum gibi...Gizleyecek ya da rol yapacak hicbir seyi olmadan kabul edilmeyi istiyordu, karsisindakini ruhunun derinliklerine kadar tanimak ve onu ayni sekilde kabul etmek istiyordu. Pazar sabahini yatakta birlikte gazeteleri okuyarak gecirecegi, sinemada elini tutacagi, aptalca seylere birlikte gülecegi ve farkli fikirler üzerine tartisabilecegi birini istiyordu. Kacamak maceralara duydugu hevesi gerid...

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