A Long Petal of the Sea

Zusatztext Majestic . . . both timeless and perfectly timed for today . . . Allende's assured prose vividly evokes her fictional characters [and] historical figures . . . seamlessly juxtaposing exile with homecoming! otherness with belonging! and tyranny with freedom. Publishers Weekly (starred review) A tale that is seductively intimate and strategically charming . . . a virtuoso of lucidly well-told! utterly enrapturing fiction . . . Allende deftly addresses war! displacement! violence! and loss in a novel of survival and love under siege. Booklist (starred review) A Long Petal of the Sea is a rich and transportive novel! epic in scope! about finding love and finding home. PopSugar An absorbing story. AARP An immersive read about love and survival. Real Simple Isabel Allende has time and again proven herself a master of magical realism. Her latest novel . . . serves as a paean to human love and endurance. Elle Allende fans have been waiting with bated breath for her latest novel! and A Long Petal of the Sea doesn't disappoint. Marie Claire The wondrous Isabel Allende is back! doing what she does best. Read It Forward In addition to being well-researched historical fiction! it also parallels current issues. Book Riot Powerfully told! this is a soaring! inspirational tale. The Orange County Register Allende . . . has deftly woven fact and fiction! history and memory! to create one of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date! and one of the strongest and most affecting works in her long career. The New York Times Book Review Allende's latest . . . marks a return to the time and setting of the book that jump-started her literary career! The House of the Spirits! but with far less supernatural elements and a more expansive engagement of revolution! exile and the determination of the human spirit. . . . A page-turning story rich with history and surprising subplots that keep the novel unpredictable to the end. Los Angeles Times Isabel Allende's A Long Petal of the Sea gets to the heart of immigrant struggle. . . . [It] begins! as it ends! with the heart. . . . Victor and Roser's story is compelling. . . . Allende's prose is both commanding and comforting. The author writes eloquently on the struggle of letting go of one culture to embrace a new one and shows that one's origin story is not the whole story. . . . While debate and policy surround the issues of refugees and immigration! Allende reminds us that these issues! at their core! are made up of individuals and their love stories. USA Today Informationen zum Autor Isabel Allende Klappentext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the 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. "One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in [Isabel Allende's] long career."-The New York Times Book Review 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 pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victo...

“Majestic . . . both timeless and perfectly timed for today . . . Allende’s assured prose vividly evokes her fictional characters [and] historical figures . . . seamlessly juxtaposing exile with homecoming, otherness with belonging, and tyranny with freedom.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A tale that is seductively intimate and strategically charming . . . a virtuoso of lucidly well-told, utterly enrapturing fiction . . . Allende deftly addresses war, displacement, violence, and loss in a novel of survival and love under siege.”—Booklist (starred review)

“A Long Petal of the Sea is a rich and transportive novel, epic in scope, about finding love and finding home.”—PopSugar
 
“An absorbing story.”—AARP
 
“An immersive read about love and survival.”—Real Simple
 
“Isabel Allende has time and again proven herself a master of magical realism. Her latest novel . . . serves as a paean to human love and endurance.”—Elle
 
“Allende fans have been waiting with bated breath for her latest novel, and A Long Petal of the Sea doesn’t disappoint.”—Marie Claire
 
“The wondrous Isabel Allende is back, doing what she does best.”—Read It Forward
 
“In addition to being well-researched historical fiction, it also parallels current issues.”—Book Riot
 
“Powerfully told, this is a soaring, inspirational tale.”—The *Orange County Register

• “Allende . . . has deftly woven fact and fiction, history and memory, to create one of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in her long career.” *—The New York Times Book Review
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    “Allende’s latest . . . marks a return to the time and setting of the book that jump-started her literary career, The House of the Spirits, but with far less supernatural elements and a more expansive engagement of revolution, exile and the determination of the human spirit. . . .  A page-turning story rich with history and surprising subplots that keep the novel unpredictable to the end.” *
  —Los Angeles Times
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    “Isabel Allende’s A Long Petal of the Sea gets to the heart of immigrant struggle. . . . [It] begins, as it ends, with the heart. . . . Victor and Roser’s story is compelling. . . . Allende’s prose is both commanding and comforting. The author writes eloquently on the struggle of letting go of one culture to embrace a new one and shows that one’s origin story is not the whole story. . . . While debate and policy surround the issues of refugees and immigration, Allende reminds us that these issues, at their core, are made up of individuals and their love stories.” *
  —USA Today*

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Isabel Allende

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the 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.

"One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in [Isabel Allende's] long career."-The New York Times Book Review

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 pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.

Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark for Chile on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest …