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Island beneath the sea : a novel

by Allende, Isabel,

Format: Print Book 2011
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Summary

"Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers."

-- Los Angeles Times

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende (Inés of My Soul, The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia) tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny.

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "*Starred Review* Allende, an entrancing and astute storyteller cherished the world over, returns to historical fiction to portray another resilient woman whose life embodies the complex forces at work in the bloody forging of the New World. Zarité, called Tété, is born into slavery in the colony of Saint-Domingue, where enslaved Africans are worked to death by the thousands, and European men prey on women of color. So it is with Tété and her master, the deeply conflicted plantation owner Toulouse Valmorain, who relies on her for everything from coerced sex to caring for his demented first wife, his legitimate son, and their off-the-record daughter. When the slave uprising that gives birth to the free black republic of Haiti erupts, Toulouse, Tété, and the children flee to Cuba, then to New Orleans. In a many-faceted plot, Allende animates irresistible characters authentic in their emotional turmoil and pragmatic adaptability. She also captures the racial, sexual, and entrepreneurial dynamics of each society in sensuous detail while masterfully dramatizing the psychic wounds of slavery. Sexually explicit, Allende is grace incarnate in her evocations of the spiritual energy that still sustains the beleaguered people of Haiti and New Orleans. Demand will be high for this transporting, remarkably topical novel of men and women of courage risking all for liberty.--Seaman, Donna Copyright 2010 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Racially mixed women -- Fiction.
Women slaves -- Fiction.
Sugar plantations -- Fiction.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Haiti -- Fiction.
Caribbean Area -- Fiction.
Publisher New York :Harper Perennial,2011
Edition 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Other Titles Isla bajo el mar.
Contributors Peden, Margaret Sayers, translator.
Language English
Notes "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.
Description 457, 16 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN 9780061988257 (pbk.)
0061988251 (pbk.)
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