There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.Ī masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. Isabel Allende’s latest novel, A Long Petal of the Sea (Ballantine, 336 pp., out of four), begins, as it ends, with the heart.
The book narrates the story of Roser Bruguera and Victor. When opportunity to seek refuge in Chile arises, they take it, boarding a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to the promised 'long petal of sea and wine and snow' over the seas. A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allendes newest novel, tells us a story of exile, hope, and belonging. Together with his sister-in-law, the pianist Roser Bruguera, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile. Chilean writer Allende (A Petal of the Sea) chronicles the lives of an upper-class South American family across various historical events of the 20th. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his country - forever changed. They can help with discussions for any book: How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips) Generic Discussion QuestionsFiction and Nonfiction.
That September 2, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers Book Club Resources.
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