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First edition. Signed by author without inscription on half-title page. Board edges lightly toned. 1995 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 330 pp. 8vo. With an enchanting blend of magical realism, politics, and romance reminiscent of her classic bestseller The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende presents a soul-baring memoir that seizes the reader like a novel of suspense. Written for her daughter Paula when she became ill and slipped into a coma, Paula is the colorful story of Allende's life--from her early years in her native Chile, through the turbulent military coup of 1973, to the subsequent dictatorship and her family's years of exile. In the telling, bizarre ancestors reveal themselves, delightful and bitter childhood memories surface, enthralling anecdotes of youthful years are narrated and intimate secrets are softly whispered. In an exorcism of death and a celebration of life, Isabel Allende explores the past, questions the gods, and creates a magical book that carries the reader from tears to laughter, from terror to sensuality to wisdom. In Paula, readers will come to understand that the miraculous world of her novels is the world Isabel Allende inhabits--it is her enchanted reality.
Title: Paula
Categories: Signed, Modern First Editions, Latin American, Literary & Intellectual,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 1995
ISBN Number: 0060172533
ISBN Number 13: 9780060172534
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2200658
Keywords: MEMOIR BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ISABEL ALLENDE CHILE LATIN AMERICA LITERATURE,