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The
2003 Award
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Portrait in Sepia by
Isabel Allende Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Editions: HarperCollins 0066211611 Flamingo 0007121571 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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family saga set at the end of the nineteenth century in Chile that takes
up and continues the story begun in Daughter of Fortune. 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, Aurora 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 recognise 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. Portrait in Sepia is richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Born in Peru, Isabel Allende was raised in Chile. She is the author of the novels Daughter of Fortune, The Infinite Plan, Eva Luna, Of Love and Shadows, and The House of Spirits; the short-story collection The Stories of Eva Luna; the memoir Paula; and Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses. She lives in California. |
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