by Isabel Allende · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518473542
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«Violeta» is the novel by Isabel Allende, published by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (398 pages, in German).
Violeta del Valle is born in 1920, during the Spanish flu pandemic, and her life spans the great milestones of the twentieth century in South America. In a letter addressed to the person she loves most, she recalls loves, losses, poverty and wealth, and her struggle for her own freedom and that of her loved ones. The narrative combines magical realism with a historical backdrop.
German translation by Svenja Becker. Number 5354 in the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch series; sixth edition, published on 11 September 2023.
Bestseller intended as summer reading and gift book, for those seeking a fictionalised life with a female protagonist and historical backdrop.
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.
