| Product Details |
| Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget.Esteban -- The patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrannical passion for the wife he can never completely possess.Clara -- The matriarch, elusive and mysterious, who foretells family tragedy and shapes the fortunes of the house of the Truebas.Blanca -- Their daughter, soft-spoken yet rebellious, whose shocking love for the son of her fathers foreman fuels Estebans everlasting contempt... even as it produces the grandchild he adores.Alba -- The fruit of Blancas forbidden love, a luminous bearty, a fiery and willful woman... the family's break with the past and link to the future. |
| Authors |
Allende, Isabel • Bogin, Magda |
| Summary |
| Isabel Allende's compelling magical-realist saga about the Trueba family in Chile is a political and social history of the country, as well as a powerful novel of family relationships. The novel revolves around the lives of the larger-than-life patriarch Esteban, his elusive wife Clara, their rebellious daughter Blanca, and Blanca's out-of-wedlock child Alba, who leads the family into the future. |
| Professional Reviews |
| "Writing is such a pleasure; it is always a private orgy, creating and recreating the world according to my own laws, fulfilling in those pages all my dreams and exorcising some of my demons." |
| Publisher's Note |
| Barabbas came to us by sea. |
| Book Details |
Format: Hardcover (ISBN: 0394539079)
Date Published: 05/01/1985 (published by Random House Inc)
Format: Paperback (ISBN: 0553258656)
Date Published: 06/01/1986 (published by Bantam Books)
Format: Paperback (ISBN: 0553273914)
Date Published: 12/01/1993 (published by Bantam Books) |
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