“A Long Petal of the Sea” opens in 1938 at the height of the Spanish Civil War when Catalonia joins the fight against the Nationalist Party and its leader, Gen. Francisco Franco… ]There are two things I like about Isabel Allende’s books. Instead, A Long Petal of the Sea is structured as a series of waves, with tides of sudden catastrophe in which the characters have almost no agency, and ebbs of peace… She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. We fall slowly in love with Roser and Victor as they fall slowly in love with each other. Eventually, with the help of poet Pablo Neruda and the ship oOne thing I love about reading is the vicarious thrill I get from being immersed in situations beyond my own experiences, my own lifetime. “A Long Petal of the Sea is a rich and transportive novel, epic in scope, about finding love and finding home.”—PopSugar “An absorbing story.”—AARP “An immersive read about love and survival.”—Real Simple “Isabel Allende has time and again proven herself a master of magical realism. There were times when I felt a bit bogged down by the poI enjoyed a number of Allende’s earlier books, but a few of the more recent ones have not been quite as satisfying.

Each chapter has some of Neruda’s words or poetry which is lovely. The historical period was specifically what attracted me to the book but it overwhelms the story- too much research, too little character- all feeding into the list-like nature of the prose. Thank you, Random House and Ballantine Books, for the gifted copy. This one is a real epic in every sense of the word and I read with fascination, admiration and at times horror at what humans inflict on fellow humans. It felt like Allende at her best - a family saga with richly defined characters deeply connected to their family, their culture, their country, their lives shaped by the political landscape. The second is she puts her characters into a real historical/political situation.oops -- other book -- who knew it was posted twice? It soon became so, so dry though. Learning history through superb storytelling is the absolute best way to understand it I've been in public education since 1973 and I say "God, yes!" There have been years where I haven’t picked up a book for five weeks and been miserable until this year when I realized the best way to combat winter blues- magic, or more specifically books by my favorite authors. Even better is the fact that this novel is based on historical events.Isabel Allende is a master story teller, blending history and fiction, painting a picture of a different time and place with masterful brush strokes, while writing characters and words that stay with the reader, long after we close the book. Thank you, Random House and Ballantine Books, for the gifted copy. I usually love learning about history through fiction but I’d rather read an actual history than this long-winded account.Chilean-American Allende’s novel follows Victor Dalmau and Roser Bruguera as they become refugees in January 1939 when Francisco Franco defeated Spain’s Republican army at Barcelona. Here are real events combined with fictional characters to create an amazing historical novel. One she is a gifted writer and her prose is beautiful. Allende's latest book of historical fiction first takes us to Spain in the 1930s where we experience the Spanish Civil War firsthand through the lives of the Dalmau family and later their desperate escape to France when all hope is lost and General Francisco Franco grasps controls of their country. The long petal of the sea in Chile and this is how Neruda describes it to those he has rescued. Learning history through superb storytelling is the absolute best way to understand it (rather than the boring/random method!). silly! Like little jewels, her fictional characters are carefully set into the tapestry of historical fact. Historicals are definitely her forte as this book about demonstrated.Isabel Allende is one of my favourite authors and I have read a lot of her books over the years.

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