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"Recounted in the voice of a young woman in search of her roots, Portrait in Sepia is a novel about memory and family secrets. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that shapes her character and erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares.
When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past."--BOOK JACKET.
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Families, Fiction, History, Polish language materials, Social life and customs, Family, Man-woman relationships, Amnesia, Chilean Historical fiction, Libros en letra grande, Relaciones humanas, Historia, Interpersonal relations, Novela, Novela histórica chilena, Ficcion en Espanol, Ficción, NOVELAS CHILENAS, Grandchildren, Chileans, Manners and customs, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, thrillers, general, Chile, fiction, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, historical, Large type books, Young women, Historical fiction, Family relations - Fiction, Family sagas, Chile - Fiction, Emotionally disturbed children - Fiction, Memory, Women, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, family life, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Spanskamerikansk skönlitteratur i översättning till svenska, Roman aoTimes
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"Vine al mundo un martes de otono de 1880, bajo el techo de mis abuelos maternos, en San Francisco."
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Una obra de extraordinaria dimension humana que eleva la narrativa de la autora a cotas de perfeccion literariaNarrada en la voz de una joven mujer, esta es una magnifica novela historica, situada a finales del siglo XIX en Chile, y una portentosa saga familiar en la que reencontramos algunos personajes de Hija de la fortun a y de La casa de los espiritus, novelas cumbre en la obra de Isabel Allende. El tema principal es la memoria y los secretos de familia. La protagonista, Aurora del Valle, sufre un trauma brutal que determina su caracter y borra de su mente los primeros cinco años de su vida. Criada por su ambiciosa abuela, Paulina del Valle, crece en un ambiente privilegiado, libre de muchas de las limitaciones que oprimen a las mujeres de su epoca, pero atormentada por horribles pesadillas. Cuando debe afrontar la traicion del hombre que ama y la soledad, decide explorar el misterio de su pasado. Una obra de extraordinaria dimension humana que eleva la narrativa de la autora a cotas de perfeccion literaria.
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