by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden
This is an astounding story that revolves around the life of Zarite, a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue.With a total length just under 18 hours, this is a bit more of an audiobook than I typically prefer to bite off, but the story is well worth the time it takes to read or listen to. It probabl...
On my shelves for awhile.
Duh!For a great portion of this book, I kept trying to figure out why the characters seemed so very, very familiar... almost as if I'd read the book before, years ago. But it was only published two years ago, and my memory isn't quite that bad! I even looked on the internet to try to find out if any...
As a story, this book was decent. As an Allende novel, it was meh. Is there a term for "lifelong vignette"? If so, that's what this is. It's interesting enough. I don't know much about the history of Haiti or the early years of New Orleans to vouch for the historical accuracy of the novel, though I ...
This book was poetic, beautifully written in its' descriptors and simply AWESOME! Def. an author I will check out more. The story was heart-breaking but I simply could not pull my eyes away from it.
This book was poetic, beautifully written in its' descriptors and simply AWESOME! Def. an author I will check out more. The story was heart-breaking but I simply could not pull my eyes away from it.
Take the rich historical settings of Haiti and New Orleans. Toss in voodoo ceremonies, zombies, bloody slave uprisings, forbidden loves, pirates, spies, fortune-tellers, hurricanes, epidemics, and a pinch of scandal. Place all of this is Isabel Allende's gifted hands, and what's not to love? This ...
Take the rich historical settings of Haiti and New Orleans. Toss in voodoo ceremonies, zombies, bloody slave uprisings, forbidden loves, pirates, spies, fortune-tellers, hurricanes, epidemics, and a pinch of scandal. Place all of this is Isabel Allende's gifted hands, and what's not to love? This ...
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