Isabel Allende

The house of the spirits

A Novel (P.S.)

Daughter of Fortune

Eva Luna

"From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family--like thousands of other Japanese Americans--are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, The Japanese Lover explores questions of identity, abandonment, redemption, and the unknowable impact of fate on our lives. Written with the same attention to historical detail and keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel The House of the Spirits, The Japanese Lover is a profoundly moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change"--

"From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years."--

a novel

The Japanese lover

Paula

Portrait in Sepia

When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

City of the beasts

"The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible"--Provided by publisher.

Island beneath the sea

Inés of my soul

A Novel

Zorro LP

La suma de los días

Questo libro va in Santo Domingo - oggi Haiti - nel 1770, e Tété ha nove anni. Viene venduta come schiava aToulouse Valmorain, giovane francese appena sbarcato dall'Europa per rilevare la piantagione del padre morto di sifilide. L'isola è una miscela esplosiva di razze, religioni e culture. Proprio qui, a cavallo della fine del Diciottesimo secolo, sotto l'accecante sole creolo dei Caraibi.tra soldati europei, cocotte mulatte, pirati, schiavi neri e signori bianchi, nasce l'identità latinoamericana moderna, inevitabilmente legata all'insurrezione contro le ingiustizie. Tété, nata schiava, conosce tutte le violenze e i soprusi, ma guidata dalla passione, - anche quella politica - diviene, alla fine del romanzo, una donna libera.

L'isola sotto il mare

El cuaderno de Maya

Autobiographischer Roman über die Vergangenheit Chiles, die traditionelle Gesellschaft und was es bedeutet, ein Land zu verlieren und ein Zuhause zu finden.

Mein erfundenes Land

Къщата на духовете

El amante japonés

Traducere de Cornelia Rădulescu Isabel Allende: 21 de cărţi publicate, traduceri în peste 35 de limbi; peste 57 de milioane de exemplare vândute; 12 doctorate onorifice; 50 de premii în peste 15 ţări; 2 filme de succes făcute după romanele ei. „În Fiica norocului, Allende proiectează lumea interioară a unei femei foarte puternice, pentru care romantismul este un ingredient nelipsit al vieţii.“ (Time) Viaţa Elizei Sommers nu pare a sta sub o stea norocoasă: abandonată la naştere şi adoptată de o familie englezească atipică, are neşansa de a se îndrăgosti de un bărbat pentru care fascinaţia aurului e mai puternică decât farmecul ei. Plecând în căutarea bărbatului iubit, străbate o Californie aproape pustie, împărţită între pragmatismul aventurierilor şi universul magic al indienilor, plin de vrăjitorii şi descântece. Fiindu-i tovarăş de călătorie, cititorul descoperă o lume a violenţei şi patimii, în care misterele şi contradicţiile firii umane izbucnesc fără oprelişti.

Fiica norocului

From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.

The Japanese Lover

Una trilogía con tres de las novelas más icónicas de Isabel Allende que conforman una saga familiar de más de un siglo. Presentamos por primera vez en la colección Bestseller de Debolsillo una edición en un estuche especial de la trilogía conformada por La casa de los espíritus (1982), Hija de la fortuna (1999) y Retrato en Sepia (2000). Isabel Allende siempre ha defendido la unidad temática y dramática en estas tres novelas, que caracteriza en su conjunto como «una saga familiar que cubre casi ciento treinta años». En este estuche, disfrutaremos de una historia que retrata el destino de una familia a través de los vidas de tres mujeres fuertes y únicas. Eliza Sommers, su nieta Aurora del Valle y su descendiente Clara del Valle vivirán aventuras, reveses y romances trepidantes, mientras se convierten en testigos y artífices de los grandes cambios de sus tiempos.

Trilogía La casa de los espíritus (pack con: La casa de los espíritus | Hija de la fortuna | Retrato en sepia)

Sevdiği adamın evli olduğunu öğrenen Rose, ağabeyleriyle Şili’ye giderek yeni bir yaşama başlamıştır. Bir gün kapısına bir bebek bırakılır. Rose, Eliza adını verdiği bebeği evlat edinir. Yıllar sonra büyüyüp genç kız olan Eliza da tıpkı Rose gibi aşk acısını tadacaktır. Büyük bir tutkuyla bağlandığı sevgilisi onu bırakarak California’ya altın aramaya gitmiştir. Dünyanın dört bir yanından, geçmişlerini geride bırakarak yeni bir yaşam aramaya gelen bu insanların pek azı Yeni Dünya’nın şekillenmesinde rol oynayacak, çoğu da yok olup gidecektir. “Altına hücum”un yaşandığı, altın peşindeki serüven düşkünlerinin doludizgin at koşturduğu vahşi Amerika, bu romanın sayfalarında olağanüstü ustalıklı çizgiler ve renklerle gözümüzde canlanıyor. Isabel Allende, aşkı derinlemesine resmederken Eliza’nın kişiliğinde yalnızlığın, arayışın erişilmez boyutlarını da gözler önüne seriyor; aşk, şiddet, dostluk, umut, umutsuzluk gibi insanı insan yapan temel duyguları, romanın kahramanlarıyla birlikte okurlara da yaşatıyor.

John David Hamilton

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