December 16th 2020
A Long Petal of the Sea. Isabel Allende
A Long Petal of the Sea. Isabel Allende. 2020. ISBN 9781984820167. I am a long time fan of Allende’s work. She weaves feeling. the human condition and history into a seamless tapestry. This book starts with the Spanish war between Republicans and Fascists that was a warm-up to WWII. We follow the hero ( a medical student) through being on the desperate Republican side, what happens to his family and then fleeing to France. After they flee to Chiulem, build a life and then after Allende is killed, fleeing again to Argentina and starting over. The protagonist is jailed and tortured several times. Yet the characters survive the harshness and scarcities of war and repressions. A great read that will stay with you for quite some time.
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