Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471173461
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**The moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover** Irene Beltrán is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist – an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing – she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist émigrés. They are an inseparable team, and – despite Irene’s engagement to an army captain – form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a national overrun by terror and violence. Together they will risk everything for justice – and ultimately to embrace the passion that binds them. Praise for Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows: ‘[Allende] can just as deftly depict loving tenderness as convey the high fire of eroticism. And when you’ve successfully mingled sex and politics with a noble cause, how can you go wrong? New York Times Book Review ‘Allende is a born storyteller’ Chicago Tribune ‘The people in Of Love and Shadows are real, their triumphs and defeats are so faithful to the truth of human existence, that we see the world in miniature. This is precisely what fiction should do’ Washington Post ‘We are by turns enchanted and entertained . . . Allende has married the world of magic and political evil most credibly’ LA Times Book Review
Language: en
Pages: 368
Pages: 368
**The moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover** Irene Beltrán is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist – an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing – she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her
Language: en
Pages: 176
Pages: 176
Critiques such stories as "The House of Spirits" and "Daughter of Fortune," while providing biographical information about the Latin American author.
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
'the greatest short story writer who has ever lived' Raymond Carver's unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance
Language: en
Pages: 108
Pages: 108
Language: en
Pages: 552
Pages: 552
The joke is that all the prostitutes go on vacation when the philosophers come to town. The reason that the other conventioneers do it; philosophers just talk about it. And talk about sex and love, and friendship is what the contributors to this volume do! They talk and argue, split
Language: en
Pages: 31
Pages: 31
Read different Poems about love, life, friendship, dissapointments, sadness and many more. Get touched with the same emotions that i felt when writting this Poems. Many things are confusing but through words we are able to express our inner emotions and thoughts. My Poems serves to express feelings that are
Language: en
Pages: 656
Pages: 656
An anthology of original tales that explores crossover themes of romance, fantasy and science fiction includes contributions by leading genre authors and is co-edited by the creator of the A Song of Ice and Fire series and a 15-time Hugo Award-winning writer. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in East Grinstead, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late 60s, Liz returned
Language: en
Pages: 146
Pages: 146
"A memoir of the author's Pennsylvania Quaker family and the shadow cast on it by her brother's suicide at age fourteen during the tumultuous Vietnam War era. Taylor grapples with understanding the complexities of religious heritage, pacifism, and patriotism as she places her family's story within the context of recent
Language: en
Pages: 539
Pages: 539