by Isabel Allende · SUDAMERICANA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789500762823
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«Largo pétalo de mar» is the historical novel by Isabel Allende, published by Sudamericana in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
During the Spanish Civil War, doctor Víctor Dalmau and pianist Roser Bruguera flee Barcelona and cross the Pyrenees. They board the Winnipeg, the ship chartered by Pablo Neruda to take exiles to Chile, where they integrate for decades until the coup against Salvador Allende pushes them into exile again.
It was originally published in 2019 and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2020 in the historical fiction category.
Novel suitable for book clubs and readers of historical fiction interested in the Republican exile and the memory of Spain and Chile.
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.
