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Paula
Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden

Published 1995 by Flamingo in London .
Written in English.

About the Book

Paula is a soul-baring memoir, which, like a novel of suspense, one reads without drawing a breath. The point of departure for these moving pages is a tragic personal experience. In December 1991, Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. During months in the hospital, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious daughter. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. Chile, Allende's native land, comes alive as well, with the turbulent history of the military coup of 1973, the ensuing dictatorship, and her family's years of exile. As an exorcism of death, in these pages Isabel Allende explores the past and questions the gods.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class 863, B
Library of Congress PQ8098.1.L54 Z4713 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination 330 p. :
Number of pages 330

ID Numbers

Open Library OL24981129M
Internet Archive paulapaul00alle
ISBN 10 0006548563
ISBN 13 9780006548560
OCLC/WorldCat 221784084

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