![]() Allende is the kind of expert writer whose use of detail-an inside joke, a single anecdote-can capture the irony and heartbreak of generations in exile. Inspired in part by her own history-the author is a cousin of the late Chilean president Salvador Allende and lived in Venezuela and Spain-the tale, drawing on the biographies of actual figures, recounts some of the events surrounding South America’s evolution and how it became one of the world’s most ethnically diverse regions. (In 1939, Neruda did in fact commission the Winnipeg to transport Spanish refugees from France to his native country.) Spanning nearly six decades in multiple countries, Allende’s 23rd book is tethered to the historical, a cinematic reimagining less mystical, though no less absorbing, than the magical realism for which she is known. They can help with discussions for any book: How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips) Generic Discussion QuestionsFiction and Nonfiction. The novel opens in Spain during the Spanish Civil War as Franco seizes power it follows the lives of Roser, a young pianist, and Victor, a medic in the Republican army, as they escape the fascist regime and set sail for Chile aboard a ship chartered by the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers Book Club Resources. ![]()
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