by Isabel Allende · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467236101
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«La isla bajo el mar» is the historical novel by Isabel Allende, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (511 pages, in Spanish).
Santo Domingo, 18th century. Zarité, sold into slavery as a child, seeks to build a life of her own while Toulouse Valmorain, a French colonist who owns a plantation, depends on her. Over four decades, the novel alternates their voices and presents African rhythms and voodoo as forms of resistance and freedom.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction interested in slavery and the colonial Caribbean.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
