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A real historical figure, Ines Suarez came to Chile with the Conquistadors in 1540, helping to claim the territory for Spain and to found the first Spanish settlement in Santiago. In this remarkable novel, Isabel Allende - one of the world′s most spellbinding storytellers - re-imagines Ines′s life and that of the two men who become her lover and husband respectively. Ines of My Soul evokes the conflict and drama of the Conquistadors′ arrival in Chile, as well as helping restore the reputation of Ines, a powerful woman long neglected by history and a patriarchal society. It also finds Allende returning to territory beloved of her and her readers - imaginative historical fiction, evocatively told - and to the familiar landscape of her native country. The novel gives Ines the recognition and glory that are rightfully hers; but more than that it is an epic tale of love and conquest, lyrically written and enchantingly told by a writer at the peak of her powers.

Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror . . . and how very much they risk.

Ésta es la historia de una mujer y un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salvándose así de una existencia vulgar. Es un agudo testimonio de las dramáticas situaciones que se viven en ciertas regiones de America Latina, al tiempo que un canto al amor y la esperanza

L'epica storia d'amore tra la giovane Alma Belasco e il giardiniere giapponese Ichimei: una vicenda che trascende il tempo e che spazia dalla Polonia della Seconda guerra mondiale alla San Francisco

The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**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

La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse a raiz del paso del tiempo y de un entorno social explosivo.

Las dos obras más íntimas y personales de Isabel Allende reunidas en un solo volumenEste volumen reúne las dos obras más conmovedoras de Isabel Allende, escritas para su difunta hija. EnPaularelata, junto al lecho en que agonizaba la joven, la historia de su familia para regalarsela cuando se recuperara. El resultado es un autorretrato de gran emotividad.EnLa suma de los dias le cuenta las andanzas de su familia en California. Le habla de una casa abierta, llena de gente y de personajes literarios, y protegida por un espiritu: hijas perdidas, nietos y libros que nacen, exitos y dolores, junto a divorcios, encuentros, amores, separaciones y reconciliaciones. Tambien es una historia de amor entre un hombre y una mujer maduros, que han salvado muchos escollos sin perder ni la pasion ni el humor, y de una familia moderna, desgarrada por conflictos y unida por el cariño.La critica ha dicho...Allende es una novelista fascinante que adquiere aqui un doble desafio.Publishers Weekly