Bøker av Isabel Allende

A beautiful hardback edition of a magical realist classic and South American epic.As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba.Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.'A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power' El Pais'Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious' Evening StandardVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first adult novel since 'Portrait in Sepia' - beautiful, disturbing and atmospheric.

We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022-Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Business Insider, Marie Claire, Bustle, Ms. magazine, PopSugar, The Week, Electric Lit, The Millions, She Reads, Lit Hub, Book RiotVioleta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics.Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows is a moving tale of love, bravery and tragedy.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende's Eva Luna is an unforgettable story of a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.

The captivating collection of short fiction, beautifully repackaged for the first time on the Scribner list, from the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s.

**Get ready to meet Perla - the feisty, magical rescue dog who will steal your heart!**From #1 international bestselling author Isabel Allende and award winning illustrator Sandy Rodriguez comes the first in a series of picture books about a dog called Perla and the family who love her! Meet Perla. She's a small dog with a BIG personality and a very impressive roar. When she's adopted by the Ricos, a Mexican-American family in search of a guard dog, Perla quickly makes friends with seven-year old Nico Rico - who needs someone to help him deal with the school bullies. Soon, Perla has changed the lives of everyone in the Rico family ... and found a place in their hearts forever.

Høyaktuell roman fra Isabel Allende. Wien, 1938: Samuel Adler er fem år gammel da faren forsvinner under Krystallnatten. Denne natten mister familien alt, og for å redde sønnen skaffer Samuels mor ham en plass på et tog fra det nazi-okkuperte Østerrike til England. Han går om bord alene, og med seg har han ikke annet enn et klesskift og fiolinen sin. Arizona, 2019: Åtti år senere går Anita Díaz og moren hennes om bord på et annet tog, på flukt fra El Salvador til USA. Men ved ankomst blir de skilt fra hverandre, og syv år gamle Anita befinner seg plutselig alene i en flyktningleir for barn. Mens en ung sosialarbeider prøver å spore opp moren hennes, søker Anita trøst i en magisk fantasiverden. Vinden kjenner mitt navn er både aktuell og tidløs - en roman om skjebnene til de mest uskyldige ofrene for krig og flukt: barna. På gripende vis skildrer Allende barns utrolige evne til å finne trøst i fantasien, musikken og fortellingene - også når virkeligheten er som mørkest.

An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society of single men and prostitutes with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en. California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence to the young Chilean, and her search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.

The Wind Knows My Name is a captivating novel penned by the renowned author Isabel Allende. Published in 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, this book is a must-read for all literature enthusiasts. The story takes you on an unforgettable journey, demonstrating Allende's extraordinary storytelling skills. As you delve into the pages, you will find yourself immersed in a world of intrigue, emotion, and vivid imagery. The Wind Knows My Name is a testament to Allende's prowess in the genre, making it a stellar addition to your book collection. Don't miss out on this masterpiece from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, a publisher known for delivering quality literature to readers worldwide.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—PeopleONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Real Simple, Reader’s DigestVioleta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics.Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

The Wind Knows My Name is a captivating novel by the renowned author, Isabel Allende. Published by Bloomsbury UK in 2023, this book is a testament to Allende's talent for crafting stories that resonate with readers across generations. The book belongs to the genre of magical realism, a style that Allende has mastered over her prolific career. The Wind Knows My Name takes you on a journey of self-discovery, filled with rich characters and intricate plotlines. It's a book that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Don't miss out on this masterpiece from Bloomsbury UK.

"Originally published in Spain as La casa de los epiritus by Plaza y Janâes, Barcelona, 1982"--Copyright page.

Isabel Allendethe New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Mayas Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the worlddemonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Yet, while their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Long divorced from Amandas father, shes reluctant to settle down with either of the men who want herAlan, the wealthy scion of one of San Franciscos elite families, and Ryan, an enigmatic, scarred former Navy SEAL.While her mom looks for the good in people, Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature, like her father, the SFPDs Deputy Chief of Homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, discovering, before the police do, that the deaths may be connected. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mothers disappearance be linked to the serial killer? Now, with her mothers life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery shes ever faced before its too late.

In The Forest of the Pygmies, the final book in Isabel Allende's page-turning adventure trilogy, young Alexander Cold, his friend Nadia Santos, and his grandmother Kate Cold go on assignment to Africa, where they discover a hidden world of corruption and slavery. Available in trade paperback for the first time, this thrilling coming-of-age novel from Allende, acclaimed author of The Sum of Our Days and The House of the Spirits, is "packed with hair-raising near misses and vivid glimpses of Africa's landscapes, tribal customs, and wildlife." (Kirkus Reviews)

Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first novel to be set in the United States and to portray American characters, "The Infinite Plan" is a mesmerizing, poignant saga of one man's search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect.

_______________'An autobiographical meditation on feminism, power and womanhood . Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' - Grazia'In her small, potent polemic . . . Isabel Allende writes about the toxic effects of "machismo", combining wit with anger as she picks apart the patriarchy' - Independent'Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity' - New York TimesAn Independent, Guardian and Grazia Highlight for 2021_______________The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende - a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a womanWhen I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. She has seen what has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality.So what do women want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will 'light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.'_______________'Her thoughts, language and ideas traverse fluidly through ideas of gender, historic injustices, her marriages and bodily experiences and literary references . . . Allende's love for women is palpable' - Sydney Morning Herald

Mot slutten av den spanske borgerkrigen, da general Franco og hans fascister seirer på alle fronter, blir to unge mennesker tvunget til å forlate det krigsherjede Barcelona. Gravide Roser og svogeren Víctor krysser Pyreneene til fots for å komme seg i trygghet. Rosers kjæreste og Victors bror, Guillem, er død, og omstendighetene tvinger Roser og Victor til å inngå et ekteskap som ingen av dem ønsker. Fra Frankrike reiser de over havet med skipet «Winnipeg», som ble chartret av poeten Pablo Neruda og brakte mer enn to tusen spanjoler til Chile - «det lange kronbladet av hav og snø» som det kalles med poetens ord. De starter et nytt liv som byr på mange prøvelser, og det som gir dem mot til å fortsette er håpet om en dag å kunne reise tilbake til Spania. Men da sirkelen sluttes, viser det seg at noen ganger er det vanskeligste ikke å flykte, men å vende hjem.

Et vintereventyr som kan sammenlignes med Åndenes hus Professor Richard Bowmaster kjører inn i bilen til den unge, ulovlige innvandreren Evelyn Ortega fra Guatemala, midt under den verste snøstormen i New York i manns minne. Det viser seg å få mer dramatiske konsekvenser enn ventet, og professoren henvender seg til sin kollega og leietaker Lucía Maraz for å be om råd. Disse tre svært forskjellige personene bringes sammen i en fortelling som beveger seg fra dagens Brooklyn til 1970-tallets Latin-Amerika - og kaster Richard og Lucia inn i et forhold ingen av dem hadde kunnet se for seg.En aktuell fortelling om migrasjon og identitet - med hovedpersoner som finner håp og muligheter gjennom møtet med kjærligheten.

Hemmelig kjærlighet som strekker seg over generasjoner og kontinenter, i krig og fred. Unge Alma Belasco blir i 1939 sendt fra et Polen i nazismens skygge til sin velstående onkel og tante i San Francisco. Her treffer hun Ichimei, den stillferdige sønnen til familiens japanske gartner. Uten at noen omkring dem merker det, gryr en øm kjærlighet mellom Alma og Ichimei, men etter japanernes angrep på Pearl Harbor blir de to brutalt revet fra hverandre. Flere tiår senere, da Almas lange og begivenhetsrike liv går mot slutten, blir pleieren Irina kjent med den eldre kvinnen og barnebarnet hennes, Seth. Sammen finner Irina og Seth en rekke mystiske gaver og brev som er blitt sendt til Alma i årenes løp. I Den japanske elskeren utforsker Allende spørsmål knyttet til identitet, tap og forsoning. Forfatteren av Åndenes hus fortsetter med denne romanen å skildre menneskenes hjerte, og skjebnens uforutsigbarhet, i en fortelling som strekker seg over generasjoner og kontinenter.