Victor Dalmau, a young doctor, is caught up in the Spanish Civil War and forced into exile. He and his sister-in-law, the pianist Roser, board a ship chartered by Pablo Neruda to Chile, where they become enmeshed in a rich web of characters who witness the battle between freedom and repression over four generations. A masterful work of historical fiction that soars from the Spanish Civil War to the rise and fall of Pinochet, A Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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A powerful love story spanning generations...

Full of ambition and humanity

- Sunday Times

One of the strongest and most affecting works in Allende's long career

- New York Times Book Review

On September 3,1939,the day of the Spanish exiles splendid arrival in Chile,the Second World War broke out in Europe.

Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War,a tragedy that leaves his life – and the fate of his country – forever changed.

Together with his sister-in-law,the pianist Roser,he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile.

When opportunity to seek refuge arises,they board a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to Chile,the promised ‘long petal of sea and wine and snow. There,they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations,destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.

A masterful work of historical fiction that soars from the Spanish Civil War to the rise and fall of Pinochet, A Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.

A novel not just for those of us who have been Allende.

A defiantly warm and funny novel,by somebody who has earned the right to argue that love and optimism can survive whatever history might throw at us

A grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight. Her place as an icon of world literature was secured long ago

Khaled Hosseini

A novel not just for those of us who have been Allende.

Weight: 234g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526615947