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Un pasado persigui ndola. Un futuro a n por construir. Y un cuaderno para escribir toda una vida. "Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve a os, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacida en Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no se les ocurri otro nombre, aunque tuvieron nueve meses para pensarlo. En hindi, maya significa 'hechizo, ilusi n, sue o'. Nada que ver con mi car cter. Atila me calzar a mejor, porque donde pongo el pie no sale m s pasto". "Esta Maya me ha hecho sufrir m s que ning n otro de mis personajes. En algunas escenas le habr a dado unas cachetadas para hacerla entrar en raz n, y en otras la habr a envuelto en un apretado abrazo para protegerla del mundo y de su propio coraz n atolondrado". --Isabel Allende ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A startling novel of suspense and resilience from New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende.
This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer. When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as the vampires, she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime-a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile.
In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.
Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.20w x 1.03d
ISBN13: 9780307947956
ISBN10: 0307947955
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | General
This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer. When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as the vampires, she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime-a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile.
In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.
Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.20w x 1.03d
ISBN13: 9780307947956
ISBN10: 0307947955
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | General
About the Author
Isabel Allende nació en Perú donde su padre era diplomático chileno. Vivió en Chile entre 1945 y 1975, con largas temporadas de residencia en otros lugares, en Venezuela hasta 1988 y, a partir de entonces, en California. Inició su carrera literaria en el periodismo en Chile y en Venezuela. Su primera novela, La casa de los espíritus, se convirtió en uno de los títulos míticos de la literatura latinoamericana. A ella le siguieron otros muchos, todos los cuales han sido éxitos internacionales. Su obra ha sido traducida a treinta y cinco idiomas. En 2010, fue galardonada con el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile, y en 2012, con el Premio Hans Christian Andersen de Literatura por su trilogía El Águila y el Jaguar.
