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| Synopsis | Isabel Allende's compelling magical-realist saga about the Trueba family in Chile is a political and social history of the country, as well as a powerful novel of family relationships. The novel revolves around the lives of the larger-than-life patriarch Esteban, his elusive wife Clara, their rebellious daughter Blanca, and Blanca's out-of-wedlock child Alba, who leads the family into the future.
| | Size | | Height: | 7.0 in. | | Width: | 4.3 in. | | Thickness: | 1.0 in. | | Weight: | 7.2 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget.Esteban -- The patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrannical passion for the wife he can never completely possess.Clara -- The matriarch, elusive and mysterious, who foretells family tragedy and shapes the fortunes of the house of the Truebas.Blanca -- Their daughter, soft-spoken yet rebellious, whose shocking love for the son of her fathers foreman fuels Estebans everlasting contempt... even as it produces the grandchild he adores.Alba -- The fruit of Blancas forbidden love, a luminous bearty, a fiery and willful woman... the family's break with the past and link to the future.
| | Industry reviews | "Writing is such a pleasure; it is always a private orgy, creating and recreating the world according to my own laws, fulfilling in those pages all my dreams and exorcising some of my demons."
interview - Isabel Allende (01/01/1988)
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