Island Beneath The Sea - Brossura

Allende, Isabel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1554688108 ISBN 13: 9781554688104

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2011

Riassunto

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende (Inés of My Soul, The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia) tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny.

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité—known as Tété—is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Tété survives a childhood of brutality and fear, finding solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in her exhilarating initiation into the mysteries of voodoo.

When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, he discovers that running his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare, is neither glamorous nor easy. Marriage also proves problematic when, eight years later, he brings home a bride. But it is his teenaged slave Tété who becomes Valmorain's most important confidant.  

A heart wrenching and powerful story of an extraordinary woman who forges her identity and finds love and freedom under the cruelest of circumstances.

 

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L'autore

Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, The House of the Spirits. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1554688108
• ISBN 13: 9781554688104
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480