Island Beneath the Sea - Softcover

Allende, Isabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061988251 ISBN 13: 9780061988257

Publisher: Perennial, 2011

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2011-04-26 Pages: 480 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Maguire is full of storytelling brio ... his OZ is meticulously drawn -New York Times on Wicked In the much anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years.. we return to Oz. seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion. While civil war looms in Oz. a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour. a figure known as Brrr-the Cowardly Lion-arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp. the Wicked Witch of the West. Abandoned as a cub. his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals. he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz. A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald Citys approaching armies. Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets t...

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Review:

"Timely and absorbing...filled with adventure, vivid characters, and richly detailed descriptions of life in the Caribbean."--Library Journal

"Exuberant passions, strong heroines and intricate plots...a world as enchanted--and enchanting--as it is brutal and unjust... A page-turning drama."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Two remarkable women whose destinies are entwined face the chaos of this time [eighteenth century Saint-Domingue]...Uncannily relevant."--Corrie Pikul, Elle

"[An] entertaining sweep...The canvas contains no less than the revolutionary history of the world's first black republic...Allende revels in period details...Her cast is equally vibrant..."--New York Times Book Review

An entrancing and astute storyteller...In a many-faceted plot, Allende animates irresistible characters authentic in their emotional turmoil and pragmatic adaptability...while masterfully dramatizing the psychic wounds of slavery."--Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

"Enthralling, blood-chilling, and heart-breaking...Island Beneath the Sea is a historical novel which works brilliantly in conveying the cyclone that was the eighteenth century."--The Huffington Post

"A remarkable feat of prescience...Island Beneath the Sea is rich in drama, setting, themes, characters, dialogue and symbolism...an intriguing and wonderfully woven story."--San Antonio Express-News

"A lush epic of racism and rebellion which begins in Saint-Domingue (today's Haiti)...In a culture of violence, Tété proves that ingenuity can be as heroic as love."--Cathleen Medwick, More magazine

"Epic scope and sweep...[Allende's] characters, linked by blood, love triangles and even incest, have a depth and complexity that...imbues the proceedings with a lushness bordering on magic realism."--Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

"...with gorgeous place descriptions, a keen eye for history and a predilection for high drama...There are few more charming storytellers in the world than Isabel Allende."--NPR.org NPR.org

From the Back Cover:

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue--the daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor who brought her into bondage--Zarité, known as Tété, survives a childhood of brutality and fear, finding solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in her exhilarating initiation into the mysteries of voodoo.

When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, he discovers that running his father's plantation is neither glamorous nor easy. Marriage also proves problematic when, eight years later, he brings home a bride. But it is his teenaged slave, Tété, upon whom Valmorain becomes most dependent, as their lives intertwine across four tumultuous decades.

In Island Beneath the Sea, internationally acclaimed author Isabel Allende spins the unforgettable saga of an extraordinary woman determined to find love amid loss and forge her own identity under the cruelest of circumstances.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061988251
• ISBN 13: 9780061988257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 457