Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel

Allende, Isabel; Margaret Sayers Peden, translator

ISBN 10: 0061988243 / ISBN 13: 9780061988240

Editore: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2010

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Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2010. First (1st) Printing of First Edition (stated). Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Originally published La Isla Bajo el Mar in Spain in 2009 by Random House Mondadori. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Text Block is clean, off-white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind other than notation in pen by prior owner on front free endpaper. Binding is dark green quarter paper to medium green boards with bright gilt title, etc., to spine and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is fully intact, bright without color loss, showing the tiniest bit of wear at spine corners, and with the original price ($26.95) intact on the front flap, which also shows the date (0510) on the lower part of the flap. 457 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Published in 2010, the year that the author received the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction, this historical novel set in pre-revolutionary Haiti and then moving to turn of the century (1800) New Orleans, relates the life of a mixed race woman Zarite sold into sexual slavery in Saint-Domingue, the slave rebellion there against France, the removal of Zarite and her master to New Orleans via Cuba, and her continued struggle for freedom. ISBN 10: 0061988243 / ISBN 13: 9780061988240. Codice articolo 000294

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Titolo: Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel

Casa editrice: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 2010

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine

Edizione: 1st Edition

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In a novel where the setting moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, an African slave and concubine is determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds. By the author of The Sum of Our Days. 250,000 first printing.

Recensione:

“[An] entertaining sweep...The canvas contains no less than the revolutionary history of the world’s first black republic...Allende revels in period details...Her cast is equally vibrant...” (New York Times Book Review)

“Exuberant passions, strong heroines and intricate plots...a world as enchanted―and enchanting―as it is brutal and unjust... A page-turning drama.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Enthralling, blood-chilling, and heart-breaking...Island Beneath the Sea is a historical novel which works brilliantly in conveying the cyclone that was the eighteenth century.” (The Huffington Post)

“...with gorgeous place descriptions, a keen eye for history and a predilection for high drama...There are few more charming storytellers in the world than Isabel Allende.” (NPR.org NPR.org)

“Timely and absorbing...filled with adventure, vivid characters, and richly detailed descriptions of life in the Caribbean.” (Library Journal)

“A lush epic of racism and rebellion which begins in Saint-Domingue (today’s Haiti)...In a culture of violence, Tété proves that ingenuity can be as heroic as love.” (Cathleen Medwick, More magazine)

“Epic scope and sweep...[Allende’s] characters, linked by blood, love triangles and even incest, have a depth and complexity that...imbues the proceedings with a lushness bordering on magic realism.” (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers)

“Two remarkable women whose destinies are entwined face the chaos of this time [eighteenth century Saint-Domingue]...Uncannily relevant.” (Corrie Pikul, Elle)

“A remarkable feat of prescience...Island Beneath the Sea is rich in drama, setting, themes, characters, dialogue and symbolism...an intriguing and wonderfully woven story.” (San Antonio Express-News)

An entrancing and astute storyteller...In a many-faceted plot, Allende animates irresistible characters authentic in their emotional turmoil and pragmatic adaptability...while masterfully dramatizing the psychic wounds of slavery.” (Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review))