2001, ISBN: 9780060937225

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Harper Collins USA], Zustand: gut. Isabel Allende has established herself as one of the most consummate of all modern storytellers, a reputation that is confirmed… Meer...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Harper Collins USA], Zustand: gut. Isabel Allende has established herself as one of the most consummate of all modern storytellers, a reputation that is confirmed in her novel Portrait in Sepia. Allende offers a compelling saga of the turbulent history, lives, and loves of late 19th-century Chile, drawing on characters from her earlier novels, The House of Spirits and Daughter of Fortune. In typical Allende fashion, Portrait in Sepia is crammed with love, desire, tragedy, and dark family secrets, all played out against the dramatic backdrop of revolutionary Chile. Our heroine Aurora del Valle's mother is a Chilean-Chinese beauty, while her father is a dissolute scion of the wealthy and powerful del Valle family. At the heart of Aurora's slow, painful re-creation of her childhood towers one of Allende's greatest fictional creations, the heroine's grandmother, Paulina del Valle. An "astute, bewigged Amazon with a gluttonous appetite," Paulina holds both the del Valle family and Allende's novel together as she presides over Aurora's adolescence in a haze of pastries, taffeta, and overweening love. One of the most interesting aspects of the novel is Allende's decision to turn her heroine into a photographer: "through photography and the written word I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evanesce, to untangle the confusion of my past." There is little confusion in Allende's elegantly crafted and hugely enjoyable novel. Pressestimmen "Rich and complex ... Allende exercises her supreme storytelling abilities ... a grand installment in an already impressive repertoire." (Publishers Weekly (* Starred Review *)) "Complex, intriguing, ambitious … it's Allende's remarkable flair for character that makes it all come alive." (Kirkus) “Portrait in Sepia is rich with color and emotion and packed with intriguing characters.” (San Francisco Chronicle) Synopsis Allende tackles her homeland head-on in this staggering, epic romance Portrait in Sepia is both a magnificent historical novel set at the end of the nineteenth century in Chile and a marvellous family saga peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, two of Allende's most celebrated novels. As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that has shaped her character and erased 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 terrible nightmares. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past, to discover what it was, exactly, all those years ago, that had such a devastating effect on her young life. Richly detailed, epic in scope, this engrossing story of the dark power of hidden secrets is intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties. Buchrückseite In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment but is 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 explores the mystery of her past. Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende 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, The House of the Spirits. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California. Rezensionen: Naja, nicht in dem Sinne ... Ich meine, ich habe mir dieses Buch ueberhaupt nur gekauft weil ich eigentlich von Anfang an davon ausgegangen bin das es mal wieder ein absoluter Lese-Genuss sein wird!!! Von daher war ich nicht davon ueberrascht das es schoen ist, viel mehr meine ich das es so schoene Ueberraschungen gibt, vor allem fuer Leser die auch schon andere Buecher von Isabell Allende verschlungen haben!!! Da auf gekonnte Art ganz unerwartet wieder Charaktere aus ihren Buechern "Das Geisterhaus" und "Fortunas Toechter" auftauchen werde ich bestimmt nicht die einzige Leserin sein die ganz besonders an diesen Stellen schmunzeln muss und sich gerne wieder an diese beiden faszinierenden Geschichten zurueckerinnert!!! Ich kann dieses Buch absolut uneingeschraenkt an alle die schoene Buecher lieben weiterempfehlen!!! ------------------ Nichtraucherhaushalt - Originalfoto. Verpackung sicher und stabil in Luftpolster-Versandtasche. Der Versand erfolgt meistens am Tag des Geldeinganges. Sofort lieferbar. Nichtraucherwohnung. Ich biete weitere Bücher an. Bitte schauen Sie mal auch auf meine anderen Angebote. Sammeln lohnt sich, denn dadurch wird das Porto günstiger. Privatverkauf: keine Rücknahme und Garantie "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. Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten Verlag: Harper Collins USA; Auflage: Int (Januar 2001) Sprache: Englisch ISBN-1, DE, [SC: 4.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, 304, [GW: 700g], [PU: New York], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Romane (englisch)]<

2001, ISBN: 9780060937225

Perennial, Paperback, Auflage: International, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001T, Produktgruppe: Book, Cultural Heritage, Historical, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Books, Unit… Meer...

Perennial, Paperback, Auflage: International, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001T, Produktgruppe: Book, Cultural Heritage, Historical, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Books, United States, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Format: International Edition, Perennial, 2001<

2001, ISBN: 006093722X

[EAN: 9780060937225], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 23.34], [PU: Perennial], Good condition., Books

ISBN: 9780060937225

Perennial. Used - Good. Good condition., Perennial, 2.5