- Hispanic Americans, Spanish language books, Fiction, Hispanic Americans in fiction
Story of Gregory Reeves's search for love and his attempt to reconcile his past which included poverty, neglect, war, and abusive relationships with his current strivings for success and peace of mind.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Isabel Allende
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Wereldbibliotheek, French & European Pubns, Harper Perennial
- Editions
- 60
- Language
- German, Dutch, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788497593892
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“Iban por los caminos del oeste sin prisa y sin rumbo obligatorio, cambiando la ruta de acuerdo al capricho de un instante, al signo premonitorio de una bandada de pajaros, a la tentacion de un nombre desconocido.”
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (Lima, Perú; 2 de agosto de 1942) es una escritora chilena con nacionalidad estadounidense, de ascendencia hispano-portuguesa y nacida en Perú. Desde 2004 es miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras. Obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura de su país en 2010. La venta total de sus libros alcanza 73 millones de ejemplares y sus obras han sido traducidas a 42 idiomas. Es considerada como la escritora viva más leída del mundo de la lengua española. Sobrina y ahijada del expresidente chileno Salvador Allende (1970 - 1973), comenzó su carrera literaria como periodista. Tras el la muerte de su tío en el golpe militar de Chile en 1973 y el derro
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