Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Portrait in Sepia

Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden

Book rating

Parameters

  • 304 pages
  • 11 hours of reading

More about the book

In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment but is 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 explores the mystery of her past.

Publication

There are currently of book Portrait in Sepia (2001) in stock.

Book purchase

Portrait in Sepia, Isabel Allende

Language
Released
2001
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Paperback),
Book condition
Good
Price
€2.79

Payment methods

4.0
Very Good
907 Ratings

We’re missing your review here.

Subtitle
Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
Format
Paperback
Pages
304
ISBN10
000712158X
ISBN13
9780007121588
First published
2000
Original title
Retrato en sepia
Rating
4 out of 5
Description
In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment but is 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 explores the mystery of her past.