Paula es una descarnada memoria que se lee sin respirar como una novela de suspenso. A partir de una experiencia tragica, Isabel Allende escribe estas paginas conmovedoras. En diciembre de 1991, su hija Paula cayo enferma de gravedad y poco despues entro en estado de coma, En el hospital la autora comienza a contar la leyenda de su familia para la hija inerte: "Donde andas, Paula? Como seras cuando despiertes? Tendras memoria o tendre que contarte pacientemente veintiocho anos de tu vida y los cuarenta y nueve de la mia?" ...
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Paula es una descarnada memoria que se lee sin respirar como una novela de suspenso. A partir de una experiencia tragica, Isabel Allende escribe estas paginas conmovedoras. En diciembre de 1991, su hija Paula cayo enferma de gravedad y poco despues entro en estado de coma, En el hospital la autora comienza a contar la leyenda de su familia para la hija inerte: "Donde andas, Paula? Como seras cuando despiertes? Tendras memoria o tendre que contarte pacientemente veintiocho anos de tu vida y los cuarenta y nueve de la mia?" Aparecen entonces ante nuestros ojos los extravagantes antepasados, los recuerdos deliciosos y amargos de la infancia, las anecdotas inverosimiles de la juventud, los secretos mas intimos transmitidos en susurros. Y tambien el pais natal, Chile, y su turbulenta historia: el golpe militar del 1973, la dictadura y los anos de exilio para la familia. Entre sus multiples personajes se destaca el primo de su padre, un joven diputado "que predicaba contra la propiedad privada y la moral conservadora": Salvador Allende. Como un exorcismo contra la muerte, Isabel Allende en estas paginas explora el pasado e interroga a los dioses. El resultado es un libro magico que lleva al lector del llanto a la risa, del terror a la sensibilidad y a la sabiduria. Paula es una prodigiosa evocacion y un canto a la vida escrito desde el alma por esta mujer valiente y admirable, la creadora de La casa de los espiritus.
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Add this copy of Paula (Spanish Edition) to cart. $3.68, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Sudamericana.
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Add this copy of Paula to cart. $20.00, new condition, Sold by Marthabooks rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bronx, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Sudamericana.
Add this copy of Paula (Spanish Edition) to cart. $136.30, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Sudamericana.
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Good. Good condition. Spanish. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
This book is a book written by a bereaved mother written during the time spent at her daughter's bedside as she lay dying. Perhaps because I too have lost a daughter I could understand her grief and sense of loss. Part of the charm is that she recalled her life - the good, the bad, and the ugly. She spent time reviewing her earliest memories from her childhood when the family lived with her grandparents. After her grandmother died she stole her grandmother's small mirror so that she could have it to remain close to her to keep her feeling close to her.
She exhibits her "magical thinking" and, in a way, showed her magical thinking actually through all of her life. She also displays her belief in spirits and how they have helped her throught her life. She has lead a very interesting life, as a child, an artist, a journalist, a novelist, a wife, a mother and much more! I am looking forward to reading "The Sum of Our Days." Explained as she "constructs the painful reality in her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula."
If you enjoy it even one half asmuch as I did you won't be disappointed!
