by Isabel Allende · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439598459
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«Retrato en sepia» is the historical novel by Isabel Allende, published by Planeta DeAgostini in hardback (343 pages, in Spanish).
The novel, set in Chile at the end of the 19th century, follows Aurora del Valle, a young woman who, after a childhood trauma that erases her earliest memories, grows up under the protection of her ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle. When the betrayal of the man she loves leaves her alone, Aurora decides to investigate the secrets of her past and her family.
The novel is a sequel to «Hija de la fortuna». This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Isabel Allende collection.
It is intended for those who have read «Hija de la fortuna», as it continues the story of the del Valle family.
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.
