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Author:

Allende, Isabel, author.

Title:

Violeta : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle.

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

446 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Epidemics--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Fiction.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Fiction.
Women's rights--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Latin America--History--20th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Femmes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020---Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes--Droits--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Familles--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amérique latine--Histoire--20e siècle--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Livres en gros caractères.
large print books.
FICTION / Historical / General.
FICTION / World Literature / Chile.
FICTION / Hispanic & Latino.
Epidemics.
Families.
Large type books.
Women.
Women's rights.
Latin America.
Old age--Fiction.
Epidemics--Fiction.
Large print books.
Latin America--History--Fiction.
1900-1999
Large type books.
Fictional Work
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

Other Authors:

Riddle, Frances, translator.

Other Titles:

Violeta. English

Notes:

"Published in Spanish by Plaza & Janes, a member of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Barcelona, Spain"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"This sweeping novel from the New York times bestselling author of 'A Long Petal of the Sea' tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. The ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. As the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known, Violeta's family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life will be shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. -- adapted from back cover

ISBN:

0593558715
9780593558713

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1295114064

Locations:

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah) — Copies: 10

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge) — Copies: 12