Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 0006552323 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0006552321 |
No of pages | 399 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Harper Perennial |
Published Date | 01 Apr 2008 |
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together.
She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. She currently resides in California with her husband. Allende adopted U.S. citizenship in 2003.
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A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of ‘The House of the Spirits’.Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling entrepot of Valparaiso. Eliza is a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious Joaquin Andieta.When he disappears suddenly for California, and the promise of riches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him, she can but follow after him…