Isabel Allende

La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los esp ritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El desp tico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrar a los Trueba a una dolorosa desintegraci n. Atrapados en unas dram ticas relaciones familiares, los personajes de esta poderosa novela encarnan las tensiones sociales y espirituales de una poca que abarca gran parte del siglo XX. Con impecable pulso narrativo y gran lucidez hist rica, Isabel Allende ha creado un fresco en el que conviven lo cotidiano con lo maravilloso, el amor con la revoluci n y los ideales personales con la dura realidad pol tica. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This "spectacular... absorbing and distinguished work...is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America" (The New York Times Book Review). The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future. One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.

A new masterclass in historical fiction from literary legend Isabel Allende, this is the extraordinary story of Emilia del Valle - an unforgettable young woman whose tale of love and war, discovery and redemption, takes us from nineteenth-century San Francisco to Santiago

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this "stunning" (People), "riveting" (Entertainment Weekly) historical novel, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father--and herself. "All of Allende's books, My Name Is Emilia del Valle included, have the epic feel of a major Hollywood film."--Associated Press In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man's pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan. As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, as does Eric, and while there, she meets her estranged father and delves into the violent confrontation in the country where her roots lie. As she and Eric discover love, the war escalates and Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny. A riveting tale of self-discovery and love from one of the most masterful storytellers of our time, My Name Is Emilia del Valle introduces a character who will never let hold of your heart.

Wien, 1938. Samuel Adler är bara fem år gammal när hans pappa försvinner under Kristallnatten, och hans familj förlorar allt. Det blir allt svårare för Samuels mamma att garantera hans säkerhet, och hon beslutar sig för att sätta honom på ett tåg ut ur naziockuperade Österrike till England. Samuel kliver på tåget ensam, med enbart ett ombyte och sin fiol. Arizona, 2019. Åtta decennier senare går Anita Díaz och hennes mamma ombord på ett annat tåg, på flykt undan farorna i El Salvador för att söka skydd i USA. Men deras ankomst till den amerikanska gränsen sammanfaller med Trumps nya policy som separerar flyende familjemedlemmar från varandra. Plötsligt befinner sig Anita ensam i ett läger i gränsstaden Nogales. Hon flyr undan sin nya farliga, fattiga och osäkra verklighet genom att resa till Azabahar, ett magiskt land som finns i hennes fantasier. Samtidigt försöker socialarbetaren Selena Durán hjälpa Anita genom att kontakta en mycket framgångsrik advokat. Kanske kan han hjälpa henne att hitta sin försvunna mamma? Vinden vet mitt namn är en berättelse om två barn som båda söker efter sin familj och sitt hem och om hur det förflutna flätas samman med nuet. Romanen är ett slags kärleksbrev till alla barn som överlever de mest otänkbara saker - och ändå fortsätter drömma.

Novejshij roman superzvezdy latinoamerikanskoj literatury, odnoj iz samykh znamenitykh zhenschin Latinskoj Ameriki Isabel Alende, obladatelnitsy mnogochislennykh premij; chi knigi perevedeny na desjatki jazykov, a summarnye tirazhi neuklonno priblizhajutsja k sta millionam ekzempljarov. Vena, 1938 god. Shestiletnij skripach Samuil Adler uezzhaet iz strany - ego mat, poterjav muzha i bojas za rebenka, otpravljaet syna s drugimi evrejskimi detmi v Angliju. Svoikh rodnykh on bolshe ne uvidit. Arizona, 2019 god. Semiletnjaja Anita Dias i ee mat begut iz Salvadora, i posle perekhoda granitsy Soedinennykh Shtatov ikh razluchajut. Uvidjatsja li oni snova - bolshoj vopros. Eti sobytija i etikh detej razdeljajut vosem desjatiletij. Dva cheloveka ischut semju i dom. Oba pochti lishilis nadezhdy. Odnako zhizn svedet Samuila i Anitu i podarit im vtoroj shans, potomu chto rjadom okazhutsja ljudi, kotorym ne vse ravno, - odin chestoljubivyj advokat i odna pylkaja sotsrabotnitsa otpravjatsja na poiski propavshej materi Anity...

La pica y emocionante historia de una mujer cuya vida abarca los momentos hist ricos m s relevantes del siglo XX. Desde 1920 -con la llamada «gripe espa ola - hasta la pandemia de 2020, la vida de Violeta ser mucho m s que la historia de un siglo. Violeta viene al mundo un tormentoso d a de 1920, siendo la primera ni a de una familia de cinco bulliciosos hermanos. Desde el principio su vida estar marcada por acontecimientos extraordinarios, pues todav a se sienten las ondas expansivas de la Gran Guerra cuando la gripe espa ola llega a las orillas de su pa s sudamericano natal, casi en el momento exacto de su nacimiento. Gracias a la clarividencia del padre, la familia saldr indemne de esta crisis para darse de bruces con una nueva, cuando la Gran Depresi n altera la elegante vida urbana que Violeta ha conocido hasta ahora. Su familia lo perder todo y se ver obligada a retirarse a una regi n salvaje y remota del pa s. All Violeta alcanzar la mayor a de edad y tendr su primer pretendiente... En una carta dirigida a una persona a la que ama por encima de todas las dem s, Violeta rememora devastadores desenga os amorosos y romances apasionados, momentos de pobreza y tambi n de prosperidad, p rdidas terribles e inmensas alegr as. Moldear n su vida algunos de los grandes sucesos de la historia: la lucha por los derechos de la mujer, el auge y ca da de tiranos y, en ltima instancia, no una, sino dos pandemias. Vista con los ojos de una mujer poseedora de una pasi n, una determinaci n y un sentido del humor inolvidables que la sostienen a lo largo de una vida turbulenta, Isabel Allende nos regala, una vez m s, una historia pica furiosamente inspiradora y profundamente emotiva. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The epic story of a woman who lived through many of the key events of the twentieth century. From the Spanish flu in 1920 through the covid pandemic in 2020, Violeta's life is much more than the story of a century. Violeta came into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a household with five rambunctious boys. From the start, her life was marked by extraordinary occurrences as, in the wake of the Great War, the first cases of the Spanish flu appeared in her South American homeland almost at the exact moment of her birth. Thanks to her father's foresight, the family made it through this crisis only to come up against a new one. The Great Depression transformed the elegant urban life Violeta had known until then. Having lost everything, her family withdrew to a wild and remote region of the country, where Violeta came of age and met her first suitor... In a letter to the person she loves most in the world, Violeta describes romantic disappointments and passionate loves, poverty and prosperity, devastating losses and immense joys. Her life was shaped by some of the most momentous events in history: the struggle for women's rights, the rise and fall of dictators, and not one, but two, pandemics. Writing through the eyes of a woman ruled by passion, determination and a sense of humor that sustains her through a long and turbulent life, Isabel Allende brings us another inspiring and deeply moving epic story.

Con El Bosque de los Pigmeos, Isabel Allende cierra la trilog a «Memorias del guila y el Jaguar . Esta vez Alexander y Nadia acompa an a Kate al coraz n de frica. frica Ecuatorial. Hasta all se han trasladado Nadia, Alexander y su abuela Kate para disfrutar del primer safari en elefante. Kenia es una fiesta de color: bella y sensual, una mezcla de sabores, olores y sonidos inunda cada rinc n de esta tierra. Sin embargo, este para so tambi n esconde sus sombras. Y la primera se al llegar con las enigm ticas palabras de una sacerdotisa vud les espera una dur sima prueba, la que les enfrentar al temible monstruo de tres cabezas. Isabel Allende, una de las voces m s representativas de la literatura contempor nea, pone con esta novela un broche de oro a la trilog a «Memorias del guila y el Jaguar , que inici con La Ciudad de las Bestias y El Reino del Drag n de Oro. A trav s de los ojos de Nadia y Alexander hemos descubierto que el hombre puede ser codicioso, corrupto, malvado y siniestro, pero tambi n hemos conocido a almas que saben escuchar con el coraz n, que entienden que el respeto y la solidaridad son la nica forma de caminar y que apuestan por un mundo definitivamente mejor. Una novela espl ndida para lectores de todas las edades. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head -- with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew -- to the blazing, red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches their camp in search of his companions who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia, and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlist the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoub . There they discover a clan of Pygmies who unveil a harsh and surprising world of corruption, slavery, and poaching. Alexander and Nadia, entrusting the magical strengths of Jaguar and Eagle, their totemic animal spirits, launch a spectacular and precarious struggle to restore freedom and return leadership to its rightful hands. The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings -- and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship.

The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings, and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship, as Alexander and Nadia embark on mission in Kenya that begins as a search for elephants and ends up exposing a system of injustices. Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head--with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew--to the blazing, red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches their camp in search of his companions who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia, and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlist the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoub . There they discover a clan of Pygmies who unveil a harsh and surprising world of corruption, slavery, and poaching. Alexander and Nadia, entrusting the magical strengths of Jaguar and Eagle, their totemic animal spirits, launch a spectacular and precarious struggle to restore freedom and return leadership to its rightful hands.

Alexander Cold, his grandmother Kate, and his closest friend Nadia return in the follow-up to City of the Beasts on a new quest to find the fabled Golden Dragon of the Himalayas, another fantastical voyage of suspense, magic, and awe-inspiring adventure from internationally celebrated novelist Isabel Allende. Not many months have passed since teenager Alexander Cold followed his bold grandmother into the heart of the Amazon to uncover its legendary Beast. This time, reporter Kate Cold escorts her grandson and his closest friend, Nadia, along with the photographers from International Geographic, on a journey to another location far from home. Entering a forbidden sovereignty tucked in the frosty peaks of the Himalayas, the team's task is to locate a sacred statue and priceless oracle that can foretell the future of the kingdom, known as the Golden Dragon. In their scramble to reach the statue, Alexander and Nadia must use the transcendent power of their totemic animal spirits--Jaguar and Eagle. With the aid of a sage Buddhist monk, his young royal disciple, and a fierce tribe of Yeti warriors, Alexander and Nadia fight to protect the holy rule of the Golden Dragon--before it can be destroyed by the greed of an outsider.

La ninfa de porcelana es un maravilloso libro de colorear para adultos de Isabel Allende. Ilustrado por Ana de Lima, est especialmente pensado para que lo disfruten personas de todas las edades. «Don Cornelio siempre ha ocupado un lugar distinguido en mi coraz n. Cuando lo conoc era un caballero miope, vestido con un traje gris con catorce bolsillos. Viv a en una pensi n de mi barrio y nosotros, sus vecinos, ajust bamos los relojes cuando l pasaba por la ma ana. Jam s se adelantaba ni atrasaba. Sal a a las ocho y tres minutos en punto, echaba a andar hacia la esquina midiendo los pasos, y tomaba el autob s a su trabajo. Bienvenidos a la historia de un hombre gris, cuya vida da un maravilloso vuelco un d a de oto o: ha conocido a alguien. Pero no es un alguien cualquiera. Es una ninfa llamada Fantas a, que parece decidida a dar color a su vida. Recorre las p ginas de esta m gica nueva aventura de Isabel Allende y colorea t tambi n el universo de don Cornelio. Siguiendo sus pasos, no solo ver s con otros ojos el mundo que nos rodea, sino que podr s dar rienda suelta a tu imaginaci n y liberar al artista que llevas dentro. Y disfruta adem s del audiolibro gratuito de este cuento narrado por Isabel Allende mientras coloreas. ----- Las regal as de la autora correspondientes a esta obra se destinan ntegramente a la Fundaci n Isabel Allende (isabelallendefoundation.org), cuya misi n es ayudar a mujeres y ni as de alto riesgo. ----- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An unpublished Isabel Allende story released as a coloring book 30 years later. Don Cornelio is a grey man whose life holds no surprises or variations. One day, on his way to work at a notary's office, he feels mysteriously prompted to visit a newly inaugurated antique shop. He finds a statue he can't resist buying and takes it back to the rooming house where he lives. Don Cornelio soon discovers that this is no ordinary statue, but a very special creature who comes alive when they're alone. It will change his life forever, filling his days with fantasy and color. As the black-and-white characters are transformed, readers can simultaneously color their own version of the story. An extraordinary book for Isabel Allende fans and coloring book enthusiasts.

Åndernes hus er en fantastisk familiesaga, en grotesk morsom og dramatisk historie fra det 20. århundredes Chile. Kvinderne fører ordet gennem tre generationer af undertrykkere og undertrykte i et mægtigt persongalleris brogede liv mellem demokrati og diktatur, fra århundredskiftets begyndelse til det brutale mord på præsident Salvador Allende i 1973

Hija de la fortuna, på ryska. Proch iz Valparaiso, proch ot chopornykh anglijskikh rodstvennikov, zazhatykh v tiskakh dushnykh obychaev posredi burljaschego chilijskogo goroda, junaja devushka otpravljaetsja vsled za neulovimym, prizrachnym vozljublennym na sever, v Kaliforniju, okhvachennuju zolotoj likhoradkoj. Po morjam neprikajanno motaetsja kitajskij vrach, grustnyj vdovets, poterjavshij svoju ljubov, a s nej i svoj put. Odnazhdy eti dvoe vstretjatsja i pomogut drug drugu - i ne tolko drug drugu - otrastit krylja i vnov najti smysl v sobstvennoj zhizni i v khaotichnom kipenii Istorii, iz kotorogo s krovju, bolju i golovokruzhitelnym vostorgom vyrastaet amerikanskaja i chilijskaja sovremennost i vse, chto my znaem o lichnoj svobode. Isabel Alende - superzvezda latinoamerikanskoj literatury narjadu s Gabrielem Garsia Markesom, odna iz samykh znamenitykh zhenschin Juzhnoj Ameriki, obladatelnitsa mnogochislennykh premij; ee knigi perevedeny na desjatki jazykov, a summarnye tirazhi neuklonno priblizhajutsja k sta millionam ekzempljarov. Mgnovenno stavshij bestsellerom roman Alende "Doch fortuny", predystorija ee pervogo, oglushitelno progremevshego romana "Dom dukhov", - saga o peresechenii i preodolenii granits: geograficheskikh, mentalnykh, rasovykh, klassovykh i voobsche ljubykh. Zdes chelovek postepenno obretaet svobodu - ponachalu pugajuschuju, zatem neobkhodimuju kak vozdukh - i stanovitsja soboj. Vpervye na russkom!