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From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. 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 come to terms with 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.

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

Lepica storia damore 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 dei nostri giorni.Ci sono passioni che divampano come incendi fino a quando il destino non le soffoca con una zampata, ma anche in questi casi rimangono braci calde pronte ad ardere nuovamente non appena ritrovano lossigeno.

A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende. For Amanda Martín and her friends, Ripper was all just a game. But when security guard Ed Staton is found dead in the middle of a school gym,

From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII.In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco''s parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family''s Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. 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 come to terms with 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.

Alma Belasco, à 80 ans passés, toujours belle et pleine d’allant, décide de quitter la vaste demeure familiale de Sea Cliff où elle a grandi afin de s’installer à Lark House, une résidence pour perso

Dans ses mémoires, Isabel Allende s’adresse à sa fille, Paula, décédée d''une maladie incurable en 1991, et lui raconte ce qu’il advint après sa mort. Elle rassemble ses souvenirs et évoque le quotid

''''Tutti abbiamo lo spirito di un animale che ci accompagna. È come la nostra anima''''Alex ha quindici anni e vive in California: e un ragazzo come tanti, va a scuola, suona il flauto e ama scalare le montagne.Allimprovviso la madre si ammala gravemente e la famiglia deve riorganizzarsi: Alex viene affidato alla nonna Kate, famosa giornalista sempre in giro per il mondo, ora in partenza per lAmazzonia, alla ricerca di una creatura eccezionale avvistata nella foresta, una bestia di dimensioni mostruose e dai micidiali poteri che semina il terrore. I componenti della spedizione sono tutti personaggi fuori dal coune. Ce il severo professor Leblanc, laffascinante dottoressa Torres, il taciturno fotografo inglese Timothy Bruce e il suo assistente messicano Gonzales. Ci sono Cesar, la guida brasiliana, e sua figlia Nadia che ha 13 anni, conosce molte bene le insidie della foresta e anche i trucchi per cavarsela, capisce gli indios, parla in una strana lingua con lo sciamano Walimai, sa comunicare con gli animali. Alex, invece, deve imparare a sopravvivere in una natura sconosciuta, immensa e insidiosa. Presto i due ragazzi, diventati amici inseparabili, sono costretti a porsi interrogativi sempre piu inquietanti. Chi vuole sterminare gli indios? Qual e il mistero dellacqua della vita e delle uova di cristallo? Chi e davvero la Bestaia? Uccide per crudelta o sta tentando di difendere qualcuno? E dove vive il Popolo della Nebbia? La ricerca delle risposte portera Alex e Nadia ad affrontare prove durissime: riusciranno a superarle?

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

Il protagonista, Gregory Reeves, e un gringo che incarna molti dei difetti e delle virtu della nostra societa degli ultimi cinquant'anni. La vicenda si svolge in un arco di tempo che va dalla bomba su Hiroshima fino ai giorni nostri, passando attraverso le contestazioni del '68 e la guerra in Vietnam. L'autrice affronta i sentimenti dell'emarginazione sociale e del razzismo, la politica, i contrasti tra opulenza e miseria, l'evoluzione del concetto di famiglia, l'incessante ricerca di amore e di equilibrio interiore.

A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende. For Amanda Martin and her friends, Ripper was all just a game. But when security guard Ed Staton is found dead in the middle of a school gym, the murder presents a mystery that baffles the San Francisco police, not least Amanda's father, Deputy Chief Martin. Amanda goes online, offering 'The Case of the Misplaced Baseball Bat' to her fellow sleuths as a challenge to their real-life wits. And so begins a most dangerous obsession. The murders begin to mount up but the Ripper players, free from any moral and legal restraints, are free to pursue any line of enquiry. As their unique power of intuition lead them ever closer to the truth, the case becomes all too personal when Amanda's mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearance be linked to the serial killer? And will Amanda and her online accomplices solve the mystery before it's too late?

Die neunzehnjahrige Maya ist auf der Flucht. Vor ihrem trostlosen Leben in Las Vegas, der Prostitution, den Drogen, der Polizei, einer brutalen Verbrecherbande. Mit Hilfe ihrer geliebten Gromutter gelangt sie auf eine abgelegene Insel im Suden Chiles. An diesem einfachen Ort mit seinen bodenstandigen Bewohnern nimmt sie Quartier bei Manuel, einem kauzigen alten Anthropologen und Freund der Familie. Nach und nach kommt sie Manuel und den verstorenden Geheimnissen ihrer Familie auf die Spur, die mit der jungeren Geschichte des Landes eng verbunden sind. Dabei begibt Maya sich auf ihr bislang grotes Abenteuer: die Entdeckung ihrer eigenen Seele. Doch als plotzlich Gestalten aus ihrem fruheren Leben auftauchen, gerat alles ins Wanken."Mayas Tagebuch" erzahlt von einer gezeichneten jungen Frau, die die unermesslichen Schonheiten des Lebens neu entdeckt und wieder zu verlieren droht. Ein unverwechselbarer Allende-Roman: bewegend, spannend und mit warmherzigem Humor geschrieben.

Ci sono molti bambini che hanno sogni divinatori, ma queste cose passano quando perdono linnocenzaUna saga familiare del nostro secolo in cui si rispecchiano la storia e il destino di tutto un popolo. Un grande affresco che, per fascino ed emozione, puo essere paragonato, nellambito della narrativa sudamericana, soltanto a Centanni di solitudine di Garcia Marquez. Lamore, la magia, il mistero, i sogni si mescolano alle violenze e agli orrori della guerra cilena che porto allascesa di Pinochet. Alle Tre Marie, splendida tenuta di proprieta di Esteban Trueba, si intrecciano le passioni dei diversi protagonisti: Clara, la moglie del proprietario, trascorre unesistenza avvolta nei ricordi; Ferula, sorella di Esteban, dedica la sua vita agli altri; Blanca e innamorata di un servo del padre, Pedro, che avra parte nella guerriglia della rivoluzione; Alba, la nipote, dovra invece affrontare la dittatura mentre Esteban scoprira, proprio a causa dei tragici eventi politici del suo paese, di amare innanzitutto la sua famiglia.

A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende. For Amanda Martin and her friends, Ripper was all just a game. But when security guard Ed Staton is found dead in the middle of a school gym, the murder presents a mystery that baffles the San Francisco police, not least Amanda's father, Deputy Chief Martin. Amanda goes online, offering 'The Case of the Misplaced Baseball Bat' to her fellow sleuths as a challenge to their real-life wits. And so begins a most dangerous obsession. The murders begin to mount up but the Ripper players, free from any moral and legal restraints, are free to pursue any line of enquiry. As their unique power of intuition lead them ever closer to the truth, the case becomes all too personal when Amanda's mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearance be linked to the serial killer? And will Amanda and her online accomplices solve the mystery before it's too late?

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

EJEMPLAR FIRMADO POR LA AUTORA Isabel Allende parte de la célebre cita de Albert Camus -«en medio del invierno aprendí por fin que había en mí un verano invencible»- para urdir una trama que present

Una lección magistral de cómo hacer frente a los distintos retos que depara la vida. Isabel Allende narra a su hija Paula todo lo que ha sucedido con la familia desde el momento en que ella murió. El lector vive, junto con la autora, la superacion personal de una mujer con una fuerza inspiradora, rodeada siempre de amigos y familiares. Su historia es emotiva, pero tambien esta repleta de humor, personajes pintorescos y anecdotas caoticas y divertidas sobre la complicidad, el amor, la esperanza, la magia y la fuerza de la amistad.

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité, is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, she finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in the voodoo loas she discovers through her fellow slaves When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, it's with powdered wigs in his baggage and dreams of financial success in his mind...