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In the midst of winter : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson.
LIBRA PQ8098.1.L54 M3713 2017
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Allende In
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allende, Isabel, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Más allá del invierno. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers--Fiction.
- College teachers.
- History.
- Love in middle age.
- Human rights.
- Guatemala.
- Chile.
- Human rights--Fiction.
- Love in middle age--Fiction.
- Women college teachers--Fiction.
- Women college teachers.
- Illegal immigration--Fiction.
- Illegal immigration.
- Women noncitizens--Fiction.
- Women noncitizens.
- Undocumented Immigrants.
- Women Undocumented immigrants.
- Chile--History--Coup d'état, 1973--Fiction.
- Guatemala--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Medical Subjects:
- Undocumented Immigrants.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Love stories.
- History.
- Romance fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Penman, Sharon Kay (donor) (Van Pelt copy)
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages ; 24 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Atria Books, October 2017.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Summary:
- In the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn, 60-year-old human rights scholar Richard Bowmaster hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes a far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor's house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz, a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile, for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
- "New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of theirlives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor's house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz--a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile--for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia. Exploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees, the book recalls Allende's landmark novel The House of the Spirits in the way it embraces the cause of "humanity, and it does so with passion, humor, and wisdom that transcend politics" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post). In the Midst of Winter will stay with you long after you turn the final page"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Más allá del invierno"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Sharon Kay Penman.
- Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.
- Other Edition:
- Translation of: 9780525436454 Allende, Isabel. Nueva York : Vintage Español, 2017
- Other Format:
- Online version: Allende, Isabel. In the midst of winter.
- ISBN:
- 150117813X
- 9781501178139
- OCLC:
- 978890966
- Publisher Number:
- 40027675826
- Online:
- https://www.isabelallende.com/
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