u003cbu003e'Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity' u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'Her place as an icon of world literature was secured long ago' Khaled Hosseiniu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time' Colum McCannu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e*A u003ciu003eDaily Telegraphu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eIrish Timesu003c/iu003e Highlight for 2020*u003c/bu003eu003ciu003eSeptember 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europeu003c/iu003e.Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his country - forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, the pianist Roser, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile. When opportunity to seek refuge arises, they board a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to Chile, the promised 'long petal of sea and wine and snow'. There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.A masterful work of historical fiction that soars from the Spanish Civil War to the rise and fall of Pinochet, u003ciu003eA Long Petal of the Seau003c/iu003e is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.
