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Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is six years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.
Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young
social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother.
Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers — and never stop dreaming.
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Violeta (Paperback)
Isabel Allende
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R590
R391
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One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story.
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.
Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.
In a letter to someone she loves above all others, Violeta recounts devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy, and a life shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humour will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.
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The Wind Knows My Name
Isabel Allende
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R318
R261
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THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL
ALLENDE PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' - KHALED
HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' - DAILY
MAIL 'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first
time' - COLUM MCCANN No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name.
And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when
his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their
family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder
to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last
Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He
boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his
violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her
mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador
and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival
coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old
Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her
tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of
the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker,
enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down
Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My
Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in
search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices
that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive
the most unfathomable dangers — and never stop dreaming.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL
ALLENDE 'Epic, beautifully crafted . . . Gripping from start to
finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A moving exploration of both the pain and
the freedom of being an outsider' NEW STATESMAN 'A new novel by
Isabel Allende is always a treat' DAILY MAIL One extraordinary
woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story.
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first
daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her
life is marked by extraordinary events. The ripples of the Great
War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the
shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her
birth. Told in the form of a letter to someone Violeta loves above
all others, this is the story of a hundred-year life - of
devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth,
terrible loss and immense joy. Bearing witness to a century of
history, it is a life shaped by the fight for women's rights, the
rise and fall of tyrants and, ultimately, not one but two
pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion,
determination and sense of humour will carry her through a lifetime
of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is
both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.
THE NEW NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR ISABEL ALLENDE, THE WIND
KNOWS MY NAME, IS OUT NOW _______________ 'Epic, beautifully
crafted . . . Gripping from start to finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A
must for historical fiction lovers' COUNTRY AND TOWNHOUSE 'A new
novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' DAILY MAIL
_______________ One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of
history. One unforgettable story. Violeta comes into the world on a
stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five
boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by
extraordinary events. The ripples of the Great War are still being
felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South
American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Told in the
form of a letter to someone Violeta loves above all others, this is
the story of a hundred-year life – of devastating heartbreak and
passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense
joy. Bearing witness to a century of history, it is a life shaped
by the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants and,
ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman
whose unforgettable passion, determination and sense of humour will
carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more
brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply
emotional. READERS LOVE VIOLETA 'Allende is truly a master of
storytelling ... I didn’t want to reach the end' ***** 'A tour de
force ... Stunning' ***** 'Beautifully written and intensely
dramatic ... I loved every word' ***** 'Spellbinding, captivating
and absorbing' ***** 'One of my favourite authors … I always find
myself completely drawn into her richly detailed narratives' *****
Reunited once more, young Alexander Cold and his best friend,
Nadia, embark upon a new adventure, following Alex's frighteningly
fearless journalist grandmother Kate to a forbidden kingdom hidden
away in the frosty peaks of the Himalayas. They seek the fabled
Golden Dragon--a sacred statue and priceless oracle coveted by a
greedy and powerful outsider. To prevent the desecration of the
holy relic, they will need the help of a sage Buddhist monk, his
young royal disciple, and a fierce tribe of Yeti warriors. But even
the mystical power of their totemic animal spirits may not be
enough to save the teenagers and this remote world from the
destructive encroachment of "civilization."
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon is the second book in a remarkable
trilogy by internationally acclaimed author Isabel Allende.
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 of his country - forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile in Chile. There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL
ALLENDE PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' - KHALED
HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' - DAILY
MAIL 'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first
time' - COLUM MCCANN No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name.
And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when
his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their
family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder
to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last
Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He
boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his
violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her
mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador
and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival
coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old
Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her
tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of
the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker,
enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down
Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My
Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in
search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices
that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive
the most unfathomable dangers — and never stop dreaming.
"Allende has created a masterpiece of historical fiction that is
passionate, adventurous, and brilliantly insightful. . . .
suspenseful and surprising."--Denver Post From the revered New York
Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long
Petal of the Sea comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest
to save her lover, set against the chaos, greed, and promise of the
1849 California Gold Rush. Raised in the British colony of
Valparaiso, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in
love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquin Andieta, a lowly clerk
with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of
northern California. Chileans, including Joaquin, head north to
seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaquin's child, leaves
behind everything she knows to follow her lover. In the
rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, Eliza must navigate a
society dominated by greedy men. But with the help of her natural
spirit and a good friend, Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza soon
comes to discover that her search for love has become a quest of
personal freedom.
From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an
exquisitely crafted, multigenerational love story. 'A fairy tale of
a novel' New York Times 'A multi-generational epic of fate, war and
enduring love' Harper's Bazaar 'A poetic and profound meditation on
the power of love' Bustle In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow
of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's
parents send her overseas to live with an aunt and uncle in their
opulent San Francisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the
son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender
love blossoms, but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly
pulled apart. 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
reconcile 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.
"Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers."--Los
Angeles Times The New York Times bestselling author of The House of
the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one
unforgettable woman--a slave and concubine determined to take
control of her own destiny--in this sweeping historical novel that
moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish
parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century. The
daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor,
Zarite--known as Tete--was born a slave on the island of
Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tete found
solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the
mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse
Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father's
plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his
responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns
to his teenaged slave Tete, who becomes his most important
confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across
four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.
"Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from
Latin America in the past decade."--Boston Globe An enthralling
tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with
the pain and deprivation that shaped him. Born in the Hispanic
barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived
the killing fields of Vietnam, and is now a lawyer in San
Francisco. Though he has successfully survived this hard journey,
Gregory's life has suddenly gone off the rails thanks to an
illusory and wrongheaded quest that has left him feeling lost and
listless. To find what he is missing and what his heart truly
wants, he must return to his roots. Only by excavating the past can
he see the way to his future.
"Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography,
epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they
are all quite wonderful."--Los Angeles Times In this literary
classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls
the story of her beloved daughter and her remarkable family's past.
When her daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma,
Isabel Allende began to write the story of her family for her
unconscious child. Bizarre ancestors are introduced; delightful and
bitter childhood memories are shared; amazing anecdotes of youthful
years are relived, and the most intimate secrets are quietly passed
along. Like Allende's first novel, The House of the Spirits, this
powerful memoir is infused with the real, the magical, and the
spiritual, creating a haunting, sad, and beautiful tale.
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** **The captivating new novel from
the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits
and The Japanese Lover** 'In some of the most beautiful passages in
the novel, Allende explores the gentle but redemptive depths of
mature love and the paths it can take . . . Allende has an unflashy
wisdom to offer, a maturity that illuminates her storytelling . . .
it pursues an age-old question: how to live a full life and find
meaning, not just survive or endure one's past' Financial Times on
In the Midst of Winter 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 'Internationally beloved Allende,
as effervescent in her compassion, social concerns, and profound
joy in storytelling as ever, brings both humor and intensity to
this madcap, soulful and transporting tale of three survivors who
share their traumatic pasts ... Allende has a rare and precious
gift for simultaneously challenging and entrancing readers'
Booklist, starred review 'Grief and loss are transformed into
healing friendship in this fantastic novel ... A suspenseful, icy
adventure. Filled with Allende's signature lyricism and ingenious
plotting, the book delves wonderfully into what it means to
respect, protect, and love' Publishers Weekly 'This winter's tale
has something to melt each frozen heart' Kirkus Reviews
_______________ 'An autobiographical meditation on feminism, power
and womanhood ... Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' - Grazia
'In her small, potent polemic . . . Isabel Allende writes about the
toxic effects of "machismo", combining wit with anger as she picks
apart the patriarchy' - Independent 'Allende has everything it
takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing
humanity' - New York Times An Independent, Guardian and Grazia
Highlight for 2021 _______________ The wise, warm, defiant new book
from literary legend Isabel Allende - a meditation on power,
feminism and what it means to be a woman When I say that I was a
feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating. As a child, Isabel
Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for
her three small children. As a young woman coming of age in the
late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. She has seen what
has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her
lifetime. And over the course of three marriages, she has learned
how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away,
and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality. So what do women
want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own
resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and
lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is
much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will 'light the
torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have
to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the
work still left to be finished.' _______________ 'Her thoughts,
language and ideas traverse fluidly through ideas of gender,
historic injustices, her marriages and bodily experiences and
literary references . . . Allende's love for women is palpable' -
Sydney Morning Herald
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