Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende's latest novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue -- now known as Haiti --Tete is the product of violent union between an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, it's with powdered wigs in his trunks and dreams of financial success in his mind. But running his father's plantation, Saint Lazare, is neither glamorous nor easy. Against the merciless backdrop of sugar cane fields, the lives of Tete and Valmorain grow ever more intertwined. When bloody revolution arrives at the gates of Saint Lazare, they flee the island for the decadence and opportunity of New Orleans. There, Tete finally forges a new life -- but her connection to Valmorain is deeper than anyone knows and not so easily severed. Spanning four decades, 'Island Beneath the Sea' is the moving story of one woman's determination to find love amid loss, to offer humanity though her own has been so battered, and to forge her own identity in the cruellest of circumstances.
Nowa powieść najbardziej znanej chilijskiej pisarki, autorki Domu duchów i Inés, pani mej duszy. Historia Zarité, urodzonej na Santo Domingo pod koniec XVIII stulecia. W wieku dziewięciu lat bohaterka została sprzedana bogatemu właścicielowi ziemskiemu. Zawsze była niewolnicą. Dobroć, silny charakter i uczciwość pomogły jej przetrwać. W losach Zarité jak w zwierciadle odbija się rzeczywistość francuskiej kolonii. Kiedy kraj ogarnięty wojną zostaje zrównany z ziemią, los rzuca Zarité daleko, do Nowego Orleanu. Tam kobieta zaczyna nowe życie. Jak poradzi sobie z wolnością po latach niewoli?
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