A Long Petal of the Sea… a rigorous editorial process to support Allende’s noblesse oblige.Īllende’s latest… marks a return to the time and setting of the book that jump-started her literary career, The House of the Spirits, but with far less supernatural elements and a more expansive engagement of revolution, exile and the determination of the human spirit.… A page-turning story rich with history and surprising subplots that keep the novel unpredictable to the end. Less interested in scene than in sweep, Allende nonetheless describes her characters' emotions with great detail,… but I didn’t, at any point, forget that these characters were fictional.… heir interiority felt forced…. Paula McClain - New York Times Book Review Allende… has deftly woven fact and fiction, history and memory, to create one of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in her long career.
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