Books by Isabel Allende

Mod slutningen af Den Spanske Borgerkrig, da general Franco og hans fascister sejrer på alle fronter, bliver to unge mennesker tvunget til at forlade det krigshærgede Barcelona. Gravide Roser og svogeren Victor krydser Pyrenæerne til fods for at komme i sikkerhed. Rosers kæreste og Victors bror, Guillem, er død, og omstændighederne tvinger Roser og Victor til at indgå et ægteskab som ingen af dem ønsker.Fra Frankrig rejser det umage par over havet med skibet Winnipeg, der blev chartret af digteren Pablo Neruda og bragte flere end to tusind spaniere til Chile – ”det lange kronblad af hav og sne” som det kaldes med digterens ord. De starter et nyt liv der byder på mange prøvelser, og det som giver dem modet til at fortsætte, er håbet om en dag at kunne vende tilbage til Spanien. Men da cirklen sluttes, viser det sig at nogle gange er det vanskeligste ikke at flygte, men at vende hjem.Håbets rejsende er en medrivende familie- og kærlighedskrønike – både til dem, der har været Isabel Allende-fans i årtier og til de læsere, som nu får glæde af at møde forfatterens fortællinger for første gang.

Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first adult novel since 'Portrait in Sepia' - beautiful, disturbing and atmospheric.

Fra en af verdens største forfattere kommer fortællingen om Violeta del Valle, en kvinde hvis liv bærer vidne til de største begivenheder i det tyvende århundrede.Violeta kommer til verden på en blæsende dag i 1920 som den første datter i en familie med fem højlydte sønner. Fra begyndelsen tegnes hendes liv af store begivenheder, da den spanske syge rammer hendes hjemlands kyster i Sydamerika, mens familien stadig mærker efterdønningerne af første verdenskrig.Men selvom familien slipper igennem denne krise uden mén, venter der store forandringer, da Den Store Depression rammer og berøver Violetas slægt alt, hvad de ejer. De tvinges til at flytte langt ud på landet til en smuk, men øde egn. Her vokser hun op, og en dag kommer hendes første bejler til familiens hjem.Violeta fortæller sin historie gennem et brev til en, som hun elsker højere end nogen anden. Heri beskriver hun både knuste hjerter og passionerede kærlighedsaffærer, fattigdom og velstand, forfærdelige tab og stor lykke. Kampen for kvinders rettigheder, tyranners storhed og fald, livstruende sygdom, kærlighed og krig – alt sammen er det en del af fortællingen, der udgør Violetas liv.Med Violeta er Isabel Allende tilbage i episk, storslået form.

Unge Alma Belasco sendes i 1939 fra et Polen som befinder sig i nazismens skygge til sin velstående onkel og tante i San Francisco. Her møder hun Ichimei, den stilfærdige søn af familiens japanske gartner. Uden at andre omkring dem opdager det, spirer kærligheden mellem Alma og Ichimei, men efter japanernes angreb på Pearl Harbour bliver de to unge brutalt adskilt.Mange årtier senere, da Almas lange og begivenhedsrige liv går mod sin afslutning, møder plejeren Irina den ældre kvinde og hendes barnebarn, Seth. Sammen finder Irina og Seth en række mystiske gaver og breve der er blevet sendt til Alma i årenes løb.Den japanske elsker er en medrivende roman om hemmelig kærlighed og skæbnens uforudsigelighed, og en udforskning af identitet, tab og forsoning.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende's Eva Luna is an unforgettable story of a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.

The captivating collection of short fiction, beautifully repackaged for the first time on the Scribner list, from the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover

As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s.

Best selling international author, Isabel Allende tackles her homeland head-on in this staggering, epic romance.

We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle.

I Øen under havet følger vi Zarité fra øen Sainte-Dominique, det nuværende Haiti, der som niårig i slutningen af 1700-tallet sælges til den rige sukkerplantageejer Toulouse Valmorain. En dramatisk skæbnefortælling om livet som slavegjort til frikøbt kvinde i New Orleans. ”Gribende og stærkt underholdende.” Ekstra Bladet

This magisterial work of historical fiction recounts the astonishing life of Inés Suárez, a daring Spanish conquistadora who toiled to build the nation of Chile?and whose vital role has too often been neglected by history.It is the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when Inés's shiftless husband disappears to the New World, she uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After a treacherous journey to Peru, she learns of his death in battle. She meets and begins a passionate love affair with a man who seeks only honor and glory: Pedro Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Together, Inés and Valdivia will build the new city of Santiago and wage a ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans. The horrific struggle will change them forever, pulling each toward their separate destinies. Inés of My Soul is a work of breathtaking scope, written with the narrative brilliance and passion readers have come to expect from Isabel Allende.

"Portrait in Sepia is the best book Allende has published in the United States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, The House of the Spirits.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World "Portrait in Sepia tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as complete and inspiring as the real world it parallels ... Allende's enchanting historical universe keeps expanding and Portrait in Sepia is a new galactic jewel.” —Chicago Tribune A sequel to Daughter of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author, Isabel Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past. Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. As Eliza embarks on her perilous journey north in the hold of a ship and arrives in the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, she must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But Eliza soon catches on with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en. What began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers.

New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows is a moving tale of love, bravery and tragedy.

From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco

Tells the story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions, triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place.

From an internationally acclaimed author, this is a magical, fascinating book exploring the intimate relationship between food and sex.

In December 1991, Allende's daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind families - a brave, enlightening, inspiring true story.

A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of 'The House of the Spirits'.