![]() ![]() 'A grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight. Book review: A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende A Long Petal of the Sea, admirably translated from the Spanish by Nick Caister and Amanda Hopkinson, is an agreeably old-fashioned. 'A defiantly warm and funny novel, by somebody who has earned the right to argue that love and optimism can survive whatever history might throw at us' - Daily Telegraph 'A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile and belonging' - Independent Online There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.Ī masterful work of historical fiction that soars from the Spanish Civil War to the rise and fall of Pinochet, A Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. ![]() When opportunity to seek refuge arises, they board a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to Chile, the promised 'long petal of sea and wine and snow'. Together with his sister-in-law, the pianist Roser, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile. ![]() Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his country - forever changed. On September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. ![]() 'One of the strongest and most affecting works in Allende's long career' - New York Times Book Review Full of ambition and humanity' - Sunday Times 'A powerful love story spanning generations. ![]()
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