Portrait in Sepia
By Isabel AllendeIsabel Allende's sensuous novel about
the mystery of memory
In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment, but is 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 explores the mystery of her past.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 320 pages
- English
- 0060936363
- 9780060936365
About Isabel Allende
isabel allende llona is a chilean-american novelist. allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women Read More about Isabel Allende
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