Daughter of fortune : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
1999, First Edition. New York : HarperCollins. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages; Description: viii, 399 p. ; map ; 25 cm. Subjects: Fiction --Chilean writers --Spanish literature in translation. Summary: Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers. Item #173492
ISBN: 006019491X
Price: €18.00