A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende
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Publication Date: Jan. 21, 2020
The life story of Victor and Roser reflects the history of the Spanish Civil War, emigration of Spanish refugees to Chile, and the fraught political history of that country.
I enjoy Isabel Allende’s non magical writing, and this saga is no exception. The atrocities man inflicts upon man are told in a matter of fact manner, but this does not take away from their horrors. Each chapter begins with a quote from poet Pablo Neruda, an important actor in the history and culture of Chile whose life is interwoven into this narrative.
Written in third person gives the reader the feeling of being an observer not only of the lives of Victor and Roser, but also monumental historical events. Some of those events gives one pause in reflecting on our current political climate as well.
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