by Isabel Allende · Hachette · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253152453
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«Fille du destin» is the historical novel by Isabel Allende, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback format (445 pages, in French).
Eliza Sommers, abandoned as a child in Valparaíso and raised by the Sommers family, falls in love with Joaquín. When he leaves for California in search of fortune, she, pregnant, embarks clandestinely to find him. In the midst of the gold rush, she discovers a hostile world and finds in the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en a protector.
First instalment of Isabel Allende's Involuntary Trilogy. Translation by Claude de Frayssinet of the original «Hija de la fortuna».
Aimed at readers of historical, love and adventure novels, and at those seeking the French edition of Isabel Allende's works.
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.
