Bücher von Isabel Allende

**Get ready to meet Perla - the feisty, magical rescue dog who will steal your heart!**From #1 international bestselling author Isabel Allende and award winning illustrator Sandy Rodriguez comes the first in a series of picture books about a dog called Perla and the family who love her! Meet Perla. She's a small dog with a BIG personality and a very impressive roar. When she's adopted by the Ricos, a Mexican-American family in search of a guard dog, Perla quickly makes friends with seven-year old Nico Rico - who needs someone to help him deal with the school bullies. Soon, Perla has changed the lives of everyone in the Rico family ... and found a place in their hearts forever.

Wien, 1938. Samuel Adler ist sechs Jahre alt, als sein Vater und die Familie alles verliert. In ihrer Verzweiflung verschafft Samuels Mutter ihrem Sohn einen Platz in einem Kindertransport, aus dem von den Nazis besetzten Österreich nach England. Samuel macht sich allein auf die Reise, außer einer Garnitur Wechselkleidung und seiner Geige hat er bei sich nichts - die Last der Einsamkeit und Ungewissheit wird ihn ein Leben lang begleiten. Arizona, 2019. Acht Jahrzehnte später steigen Anita Díaz und ihre Mutter in den Zug, um der Gewalt in El Salvador zu entkommen und in den Vereinigten Staaten Zuflucht zu finden. Doch ihre Ankunft fällt mit der neuen brutalen Einwanderungspolitik zusammen: Die siebenjährige Anita wird an der Grenze von ihrer Mutter getrennt und landet in einem Lager. Allein und verängstigt, weit weg von allem, was ihr vertraut ist, sucht sie Zuflucht in Azabahar, einer magischen Welt, die nur in ihrer Fantasie existiert. Wie aber soll sie zurückfinden zur Mutter? Isabel Allende hat eine fulminante historische Saga geschrieben, die miteinander verwobenen Geschichten zweier junger Menschen, die auf der Suche nach Familie und Heimat sind. Der Wind kennt meinen Namen erzählt von den Opfern, die Eltern bringen, und es ist ein Liebesbrief an die Kinder, die unvorstellbare Widrigkeiten überleben - und die niemals aufhören zu träumen und zu hoffen.

"Perla, the mighty dog, teaches her human brother, Nico Rico, how to stand up to a bully"--

»Mit jedem Wort, das ich schreibe, gebe ich mich zu erkennen«, sagt Isabel Allende, und auch in diesem Interviewband zeigt sie sich so persönlich und unverstellt wie in ihren Büchern, in denen sie immer einen Teil ihrer eigenen Geschichte verarbeitet. Die Trauer um den Tod ihrer Tochter Paula, ihr Leben in Chile und Kalifornien, jugendlicher Übermut und politisches Engagement, ihre Romane und Erzählungen, aber auch der nicht immer einfache Alltag mit ihrem zweiten Mann Willie und der großen Familie unter einem Dach und natürlich ihre Leidenschaft, die Literatur - über (fast) alles spricht Isabel Allende hier vertraut und offen mit ihrer Freundin, der Literaturprofessorin Celia Corres Zapata.Vom >Geisterhaus< bis zu >Porträt in Sepia

A beautiful hardback edition of a magical realist classic and South American epic.As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba.Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.'A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power' El Pais'Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious' Evening StandardVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Pasado y presente se entrelazan para relatar el drama del desarraigo y la redención de la solidaridad, la compasión y el amor. Una novela actual sobre los sacrificios que a veces los padres deben hacer por sus hijos, sobre la sorprendente capacidad de algunos niños para sobrevivir a la violencia sin dejar de soñar.

Die lebenslustige Irene Beltrán liebt ihre Arbeit als Journalistin. Aber ihre Unbekümmertheit hat ein jähes Ende, als sie mit dem konfrontiert wird, was Diktatur und Willkür den Menschen antun können.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—PeopleONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Real Simple, Reader’s DigestVioleta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics.Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

The Wind Knows My Name is a captivating novel by the renowned author, Isabel Allende. Published by Bloomsbury UK in 2023, this book is a testament to Allende's talent for crafting stories that resonate with readers across generations. The book belongs to the genre of magical realism, a style that Allende has mastered over her prolific career. The Wind Knows My Name takes you on a journey of self-discovery, filled with rich characters and intricate plotlines. It's a book that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Don't miss out on this masterpiece from Bloomsbury UK.

Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal grows up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother, Nidia, affectionately known as Nini, is a force of nature?a woman whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973. Popo, Maya's grandfather, is an African American astronomer and professor?a gentle man whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Maya's adolescence.When Popo dies of cancer, Maya goes completely off the rails. With her girlfriends Maya turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime, eventually bottoming out in Las Vegas. Lost in a dangerous underworld, she is caught in the crosshairs of warring forces?a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a ­remote island off the coast of Chile. Here Maya tries to make sense of the past, unravels mysterious truths about life and her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: the journey into her own soul.

Indiana and Amanda Jackson have always had each other. Though their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Teenage Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature?as is her father, the SFPD's deputy chief of homicide. Brilliant and introverted, Amanda is a natural-born sleuth addicted to Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, probing hints and deductions that elude the police department. But the case becomes all too ­personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.

In The Forest of the Pygmies, the final book in Isabel Allende's page-turning adventure trilogy, young Alexander Cold, his friend Nadia Santos, and his grandmother Kate Cold go on assignment to Africa, where they discover a hidden world of corruption and slavery. Available in trade paperback for the first time, this thrilling coming-of-age novel from Allende, acclaimed author of The Sum of Our Days and The House of the Spirits, is "packed with hair-raising near misses and vivid glimpses of Africa's landscapes, tribal customs, and wildlife." (Kirkus Reviews)

In this heartfelt memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs her own life in the wake of tragic loss?the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily correspondence she shared with her mother in Chile, Allende bares her soul in a book that is as exuberant as its author. She recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts on love, motherhood, spirituality, infidelity, addiction, and memory. Here, too, are the amazing stories behind Allende's books, the superstitions that guide her writing process, and her adventurous travels. Ultimately, The Sum of Our Days offers a unique tour of this gifted writer's inner world and the relationships that have become essential to her life and her work. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, fierce loyalty, and stubborn determination of a beloved, indomitable matriarch.

Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first novel to be set in the United States and to portray American characters, "The Infinite Plan" is a mesmerizing, poignant saga of one man's search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect.

»Hör mir zu, Paula, ich erzähle dir eine Geschichte, damit du nicht so verloren bist, wenn du wieder aufwachst.« Das Unfaßbare geschah im Dezember 1991, als lsabel Allendes Tochter Paula plötzlich schwer erkrankte und kurz darauf ins Koma fiel. Eine heimtückische Stoffwechselkrankheit hatte die lebensfrohe junge Frau jäh niedergeworfen, im Herbst 1992 starb sie. Das Schicksal ihrer Tochter wurde für lsabel Allende zur schwersten Prüfung ihres Lebens. Um die Hoffnung nicht zu verlieren, schrieb sie, der Tochter zur Erinnerung um sich selbst zur Tröstung, »das Buch ihres Lebens - in doppelter Hinsieht« (Bayerischer Rundfunk), ihr persönlichstes und intimstes Buch »eine Hymne auf das Leben« (stern)