Isabel Allende, página 5 de 23

The narrator and protagonist of 'Maya's Notebook' is a 19 year-old-girl who grows up in Berkeley, California, and falls into a life of drug addiction and crime. To rescue Maya, and save her from the criminal types pursuing her, Maya's Chilean grandmother sends her to a remote island off the southern coast of Chile. Here she lives among a traditional rural people, the Chilote, who speak an older form of Spanish and have remained largely isolated from the materialism, crime, and fast-paced contemporary life which is our own. The book alternates between the narrative in the US and that on Chiloe, the island, with the two strands of the story unfolding at the same time.

A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende. For Amanda Martin and her friends, Ripper was all just a game. But when security guard Ed Staton is found dead in the middle of a school gym, the murder presents a mystery that baffles the San Francisco police, not least Amanda's father, Deputy Chief Martin. Amanda goes online, offering 'The Case of the Misplaced Baseball Bat' to her fellow sleuths as a challenge to their real-life wits. And so begins a most dangerous obsession. The murders begin to mount up but the Ripper players, free from any moral and legal restraints, are free to pursue any line of enquiry. As their unique power of intuition lead them ever closer to the truth, the case becomes all too personal when Amanda's mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearance be linked to the serial killer? And will Amanda and her online accomplices solve the mystery before it's too late?

La nueva novela de Isabel Allende. La historia de amor entre la joven Alma Velasco y el jardinero japonés Ichimei conduce al lector por un recorrido a través de diversos escenarios que van desde la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el San Francisco de nuestros dias.

Il protagonista, Gregory Reeves, e un gringo che incarna molti dei difetti e delle virtu della nostra societa degli ultimi cinquant'anni. La vicenda si svolge in un arco di tempo che va dalla bomba su Hiroshima fino ai giorni nostri, passando attraverso le contestazioni del '68 e la guerra in Vietnam. L'autrice affronta i sentimenti dell'emarginazione sociale e del razzismo, la politica, i contrasti tra opulenza e miseria, l'evoluzione del concetto di famiglia, l'incessante ricerca di amore e di equilibrio interiore.

Las dos obras más íntimas y personales de Isabel Allende reunidas en un solo volumenEste volumen reúne las dos obras más conmovedoras de Isabel Allende, escritas para su difunta hija. EnPaularelata, junto al lecho en que agonizaba la joven, la historia de su familia para regalarsela cuando se recuperara. El resultado es un autorretrato de gran emotividad.EnLa suma de los dias le cuenta las andanzas de su familia en California. Le habla de una casa abierta, llena de gente y de personajes literarios, y protegida por un espiritu: hijas perdidas, nietos y libros que nacen, exitos y dolores, junto a divorcios, encuentros, amores, separaciones y reconciliaciones. Tambien es una historia de amor entre un hombre y una mujer maduros, que han salvado muchos escollos sin perder ni la pasion ni el humor, y de una familia moderna, desgarrada por conflictos y unida por el cariño.La critica ha dicho...Allende es una novelista fascinante que adquiere aqui un doble desafio.Publishers Weekly

Un piccolo e paradisiaco paese, il Regno Proibito, incastonato tra le montagne dell'Himalaya, che vive in uno splendido e pacifico isolamento da milleottocento anni; un monaco buddista che si sta occupando della formazione spirituale del giovane erede al trono; un prezioso oracolo in grado di predire il futuro in una lingua sconosciuta, quella anticamente usata dagli yeti. Questi sono gli ingredienti della nuova avventura di Nadia e Alexander, gia protagonisti di "La citta delle bestie", ora alle prese con una pericolosa setta di sanguinari banditi indiani assoldati da un'organizzazione criminale internazionale per trafugare la preziosa statua dai poteri divinatori e per rapire il re che sa come interpellarla.

Le eroine di Isabel Allende recano tutte il medesimo tratto dominante: la passione. Sono le passioni a scolpirne il destino. E Zarité Sedella, detta Tété, ultima incarnazione della donna come la vuole Isabel, non fa eccezione. 1770, Santo Domingo, ora Haiti. Tete ha nove anni quando il giovane francese Toulouse Valmorain la compra perche si occupi delle faccende di casa. Intorno, i campi di canna da zucchero, la calura sfibrante dell'isola, il lavoro degli schiavi. Tete impara presto com'e fatto quel mondo: la violenza dei padroni, l'ansia di liberta, i vincoli preziosi della solidarieta. Quando Valmorain si sposta nelle piantagioni della Louisiana, anche Tete deve seguirlo, ma ormai e cominciata la battaglia per la dignita, per il futuro, per l'affrancamento degli schiavi. È una battaglia lenta che si mescola al destarsi di amori e passioni, all'annodarsi di relazioni e alleanze, al muoversi febbrile dei personaggi piu diversi - soldati e schiavi guerrieri, sacerdoti vudu e frati cattolici, matrone e cocottes, pirati e nobili decaduti, medici e oziosi bellimbusti. Contro il fondale animatissimo della storia, Zarite Sedella, soprannominata Tete, spicca bella e coraggiosa, battagliera e consapevole, un'eroina modernissima che arriva da lontano a rammentarci la fede nella liberta e la dignita delle passioni.

A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende. For Amanda Martín and her friends, Ripper was all just a game. But when security guard Ed Staton is found dead in the middle of a school gym,

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.

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.

Lepica storia damore tra la giovane Alma Belasco e il giardiniere giapponese Ichimei: una vicenda che trascende il tempo e che spazia dalla Polonia della Seconda guerra mondiale alla San Francisco dei nostri giorni.Ci sono passioni che divampano come incendi fino a quando il destino non le soffoca con una zampata, ma anche in questi casi rimangono braci calde pronte ad ardere nuovamente non appena ritrovano lossigeno.

Titulo original: Mas alla del invierno. Autora Hispana

Ésta es la historia de una mujer y un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salvándose así de una existencia vulgar. Es un agudo testimonio de las dramáticas situaciones que se viven en ciertas regiones de America Latina, al tiempo que un canto al amor y la esperanza

The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende returns with a beautifully crafted, multi-generational novel of struggle, endurance and friendship against the odds. Amid the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, an unexpected friendship blossoms between three people thrown together by circumstance. Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car driven by Evelyn Ortega, a young, undocumented migrant from Guatemala. But what at first seems an inconvenience takes an unforeseen and darker turn when Evelyn comes to him and his neighbour Lucia Maraz, desperately seeking help. Sweeping from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala to turbulent 1970s Chile and Brazil, and woven with Isabel Allende's trademark humanity, passion and storytelling verve, In the Midst of Winter is a mesmerizing and unforgettable tale. Praise for Isabel Allende: `Isabel Allende is a master storyteller. When it comes to love Isabel writes from the heart to the heart and I feel all the richer for having been touched by her' Santa Montefiore `If Allende's life depended on her narrative gifts, she'd not only survive, but reign' Los Angeles Times `Isabel Allende is the most romantic of writers and The Japanese Lover is a novel of high romance and lush sensuality, unashamedly about the enduring power of love and ending on a note of grace' The Times `Lush storytelling, with a liberal dusting of South American magical realism and a multi-gener-ational narrative sweep' Financial Times

La nueva novela de Isabel Allende. La historia de amor entre la joven Alma Velasco y el jardinero japones Ichimei conduce al lector por un recorrido a traves de diversos escenarios que van desde la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el San Francisco de nuestros dias. "A los veintidos años, sospechando que tenian el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras mas intentaban agotarlo, mas imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hay pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun asi quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da oxigeno."

Primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrara a los Trueba a una dolorosa desintegracion. Atrapados en unas dramaticas relaciones familiares, los personajes de esta poderosa novela encarnan las tensiones sociales y espirituales de una epoca que abarca gran parte de este siglo. La casa de los espiritus ha sido adaptada al cine en una pelicula protagonizada por Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep y Antonio Banderas.