| ISBN |
9780593172056 |
| Name |
Allende, Isabel author. |
| Uniform title |
Largo pétalo de mar. English |
| Title |
A long petal of the sea : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. |
| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Published |
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020] |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. |
| Summary |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Together with two thousand other refugees, they embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, they embrace exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning, and over the course of their lives, they will face trial after trial. But they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they will be exiles no more. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along. A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea shows Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Spanish. |
| Subjects |
Exiles -- Chile -- Fiction |
| Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Physicians -- Fiction |
| Political refugees -- Chile -- Fiction |
| Spaniards -- Chile -- Fiction |
| Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Large type books |
| Historical fiction |
| Other Names |
Caistor, Nick translator. |
| Hopkinson, Amanda, 1948- translator. |
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