Eine Familiensage des 20. Jahrhunderts, in der die wechselhafte Geschichte des chilenischen Patriarchen Esteban Trueba und der Frauen seines Hauses erzhlt wird. Der Erfolg dieses Buches ist dem hinreienden Erzhltemperament Isabel Allendes zu verdanken: Souvern, mit Phantasie und Witz, mit Zrtlichkeit und Ironie malt die Autorin das groe, bunte Tableau einer Familie ber vier Generationen hinweg.
Eine Familiensage des 20. Jahrhunderts, in der die wechselhafte Geschichte des chilenischen Patriarchen Esteban Trueba und der Frauen seines Hauses er...
The author of 'The House of the Spirits' returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction. Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Maya has been brought up by her tough grandmother Nini and her gentle grandfather Popo. But at school, the teenage Maya finds herself drawn towards the wrong crowd. Before she knows what's happened, Maya's life has turned into one of drug addiction and crime. Things go from bad to worse as Maya disappears into the criminal underworld. To save her from her old associates, Nini sends Maya to a remote island off the coast of Chile. Safe amongst her new...
The author of 'The House of the Spirits' returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction. Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Maya h...
'Portrait in Sepia' is both a historical novel set at the end of the 19th century in Chile and a family saga peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, two of Allende's most celebrated novels.
'Portrait in Sepia' is both a historical novel set at the end of the 19th century in Chile and a family saga peopled by characters from Daughter of Fo...
An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque -- one of the world's greatest and most beloved storytellers broadens her style and reach with a Amazonian adventure story which will appeal to all ages Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. With his mother in hospital, too ill to look after him, Alex is sent out to his grandmother Kate -- a fearless reporter with blue eyes 'as sharp as daggers' points'. Kate is about to embark on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon rainforest, but rather than...
An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque -- one of the world's greatest and most beloved storytellers b...
The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers. It is based on her memories of her family and the political upheaval in her native country, which provides both a political and geographical framework of Chile.
The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers. It is based on her memories of her family and the political upheaval in her n...
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlours of New Orleans at the turn of the 18th century, Isabel Allende's novel tells 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.
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlours of New Orleans at the turn of the 18th century, Isabel Allende's novel tells the s...
Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric, cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature and of history, converge in a brlliantly realised novel.
Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric, cast of characters. Together, men and women, spi...
