Poeten Pablo Neruda var chilensk konsul i Paris på 30-talet och fick efter Francos seger i det spanska inbördeskriget i uppdrag att arrangera en flyktingtransport så att 2 200 spanska flyktingar kunde få en fristad i Chile 1939. "Mitt vackraste poem…
Det är januari i New York och en våldsam snöstorm lamslår staden. I Brooklyn kör universitetsläraren Richard Bowmaster på en annan bil i snödrevet. När Richard försöker hjälpa den kvinnliga bilföraren drar hon istället igen bildörren och kör därifrå…
Un viaje a trav s de la historia del siglo XX de la mano de unos personajes inolvidables que descubrir n que en una sola vida caben muchas vidas y que, a veces, lo dif cil no es huir sino volver. En plena Guerra Civil espa ola, el joven m dico V cto…
2017 är det 35 år sedan Isabel Allende begick sin numera mytomspunna debut med romanen Andarnas hus. Romanen började som ett brev till Allendes döende farfar och skrevs under tiden hon levde i exil i Venezuela. På omvägar fick Allende höra talas om…
Andarnas hus är en milstolpe i latinamerikansk litteratur och en internationell storsäljare. I centrum står Esteban Trueba, patriark, stor jordägare och presidentkandidat. Férula, hans syster, som är den som sköter deras mor och jordegendomen. Clara…
La casa de los esp ritus narra la saga familiar de los Trueba, desde principios del siglo XX hasta nuestra poca. Magistralmente ambientada en alg n lugar de Am rica Latina, la novela sigue paso a paso el dram tico y extravagante destino de unos pers…
As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and…
La pluma m gica de Allende nos invita a conocer, en esta preciosa trilog a de aventuras, realismo m gico y naturaleza, a Alexander Cold, un muchacho americano de quince a os; a su abuela Kate, una reportera de viajes; y a Nadia Santos, una compa era…
The Sunday Times bestseller'One of the strongest and most affecting works in Allende's long career' New York Times Book Review'A defiantly warm and funny novel, by somebody who has earned the right to argue that love and optimism can survive whateve…
"A los veintid s a os, sospechando que ten an el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras m s intentaban agotarlo, m s imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o tem…
"Spectacular...An absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits with its all-informing, generous, and humane sensibility, is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin Am…
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) Chilean writer Isabel Allende's classic novel is both a richly symbolic family saga and the riveting story of an unnamed Latin American country's turbulent history. In a triumph of magic realism, Allende constructs…
"A remarkable novel" (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's introducing her most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a pro…
Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller.Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener--born poor, o…
We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle. A warm-hearted, hypersensitive girl, Clara has distinguished hersel…
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…
From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco
September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life – and the fate…
Isabel Allende parte de la c lebre cita de Albert Camus -en medio del invierno aprend por fin que hab a en m un verano invencible- para urdir una trama que presenta la geograf a humana de unos personajes propios de la Am rica de hoy que se hallan en…
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.In the la…
In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a…
"My name is Eva, which means "life", according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up amidst ancient furniture, books in Latin, and human mummies, but none of those things made me melancho…
From the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende's Eva Luna is an unforgettable story of a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.
La azarosa historia de una esclava en el Santo Domingo del siglo XVIII que lograr librarse de los estigmas que la sociedad le ha impuesto para conseguir la libertad. Para ser una esclava en el Saint-Domingue de finales del siglo XVIII, Zarit hab a…
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, the second book of Isabel Allende's page-turning adventure trilogy, follows Alexander Cold, his grandmother, and his irrepressible friend Nadia Santos into a forbidden kingdom in the Himalayas to find the legendary sta…
Alexander Cold, his grandmother Kate, and his closest friend Nadia return in the follow-up to City of the Beasts on a new quest to find the fabled Golden Dragon of the Himalayas, another fantastical voyage of suspense, magic, and awe-inspiring adven…
Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the 19th century, a tale of how Eliza Sommers becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic, but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly f…
An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fe…
Isabel Alende predvarjaet svoju novuju knigu znamenitoj frazoj Albera Kamju — «Posredi zimy ja nakonets ponjal, chto vo mne zhivet neistrebimoe leto». Eto opredeljaet emotsionalnuju geografiju sjuzheta, sotkannuju iz otnoshenij geroev romana.…
In December 1991, Allende's daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind fami…
Tal como predijo la astr loga m s reputada de San Francisco, una oleada de cr menes comienza a sacudir la ciudad. En la investigaci n sobre los asesinatos, el inspector Bob Mart n recibir la ayuda inesperada de un grupo de internautas especializados…
En Eva Luna, su tercera novela, Isabel Allende recupera su pa s a trav s de la memoria y la imaginaci n. La cautivadora protagonista de esta historia constituye un nost lgico lter ego de la autora, que se llama a s misma ladrona de historias precisa…
Paula es el libro m s conmovedor, m s personal y m s ntimo de Isabel Allende. Junto al lecho en que agonizaba su hija Paula, la gran narradora chilena escribi la historia de su familia y de s misma con el prop sito de regal rsela a Paula cuando sta…
Mod slutningen af Den Spanske Borgerkrig, da general Franco og hans fascister sejrer på alle fronter, bliver to unge mennesker tvunget til at forlade det krigshærgede Barcelona. Gravide Roser og svogeren Victor krydser Pyrenæerne t…
"Me arrepiento de los platos deliciosos rechazados por vanidad, tanto como lamento las ocasiones de hacer el amor que he dejado pasar por ocuparme de tareas pendientes o por virtud puritana, ya que la sexualidad es un componente de la buena salud, i…
Alma Belasco närmar sig 80 år och beslutar att flytta in på äldreboendet Lark House. Hennes moldaviska skötare Irina Bazili fattar intresse för Almas livsöde och tillsammans med Almas sonson Seth börjar Irina forska i Almas förflutna. Alma får hela…
Alma Mendel och Ichimei Fukuda var sju år gamla när de möttes för första gången och blev ögonblickligen förälskade i varandra. Han var son till trädgårdsmästaren på egendomen Sea Cliff och hon hade skickats dit av sina föräldrar för att undkomma För…
Eliza Sommers är en ung chilenska som lever i Valparaiso 1849, det år då guld hittas i Kalifornien. Hennes älskare, Joaquín Andieta, reser norrut för att söka lyckan och hon beslutar sig för att följa efter. Det blir en fruktansvärd resa där hon tvi…
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende's latest novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny…
Isabel Allende--the New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Maya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world--demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an…
"Literary icon Isabel Allende mesmerizes . . . this race-against-the-clock thriller is pure magic."--People Magazine, Four StarsNOW WITH A NEW DEAR READER LETTER New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende demonstrates her remarkable literary v…
"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 p…
New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows is a moving tale of love, bravery and tragedy.
Noen ganger er det vanskeligste ikke å flykte, men å vende hjem. På slutten av 1930-tallet fører den spanske borgerkrigen til at hundretusener av mennesker blir tvunget på flukt over fjellene mot Frankrike til et liv i eksil. Blant dem er gravide Ro…
En storslagen roman ikke bare for dem som har vært Isabel Allende-fans i flere tiår, men også for lesere som nå får glede av å bli kjent med forfatteren for første gang. Mot slutten av den spanske borgerkrigen, da general Franco og hans fascister se…
From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco.
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…
Like Diane Ackerman''s bestselling book, The Natural History of the Senses, Allende's book is a very personal blend of imagination, memory and the senses.aIn Aphrodite, a combination of personal narrative and treasury of erotic lore, Isabel Allende…
Isabel Alende - odna iz naibolee izvestnykh latinoamerikanskikh pisatelnits, uvenchana mnozhestvom premij i literaturnykh zvanij. Nachinaja s pervykh romanov "Dom dukhov" i "Ljubov i tma" literaturnye kritiki vosprinimajut ee kak…
Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first adult novel since 'Portrait in Sepia' - beautiful, disturbing and atmospheric.
