Ines of My Soul : A Novel
Author(s): Isabel Allende
“Powerfully evocative. . . . Allende is at her best here; spinning words like spells, enthralling the reader with surreal visions of the New World.”— Newsweek
A passionate epic of love, freedom, and conquest, based on historical events, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea.
Though she was born into poverty, Inés Suárez, a seamstress in sixteenth-century Spain, embodies the same restless hope and opportunism that fuels her nation’s conquest of the Americas.
Learning that her shiftless husband has vanished, Inés uses his disappearance to embark on her own adventure. It is a journey will lead her to Pedro de Valdivia—a conquistador who becomes the first royal governor of Chile—and to a love that not only changes her life but the course of history.
Review(s):
“Allende…has written her surest work since THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS.”
“Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers, as she demonstrates in her latest novel.”
“Allende’s imagination delivers the enchantment. . . . This is one work Allende fans should not miss.”
“Vivid…Allende’s reach is broad…Allende succeeds in resurrecting a woman from history and endowing her with the gravitas of a hero.”
“A powerfully evocative narrative...Allende is at her best here.”
“Thoroughly researched…a colorful, entertaining tale of the hardscrabble adventures and desperate deeds of some of our hemisphere’s first Europeans”
“Solid and well-constructed...Ines is rescued by Allende from history’s dust bin.”
“Allende’s keen intelligence and lively prose keep readers wishing for more.”
“Might be Allende’s best novel, better even than THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS.”
“Vivid and convincing….”
ISBN: 9780063021754