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I think it is time for me to read Allende in the original Spanish. This is such beautiful writing that I wonder what a non-translated version reads.
This story is historical fiction, don't expect much at all of a magic realism vibe, but a love story of Chile with all of its trials. ...more
This story is historical fiction, don't expect much at all of a magic realism vibe, but a love story of Chile with all of its trials. ...more

Isabel Allende has done it again, written a novel that totally drew me in, that made me cry, that made me feel joyful. Like A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits this book is a love story, not between two people rather to her home country Chile.
If I were stranded on a desert island and could only bring the works of one author it would be Isabel Allende. ...more
If I were stranded on a desert island and could only bring the works of one author it would be Isabel Allende. ...more

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