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Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
 

Daughter of Fortune: A Novel

by Isabel Allende

Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 2000: Until Isabel Allende burst onto the scene with her 1985 debut, The House of the Spirits, Latin American fiction was, for the most part, a boys' club comprising such heavy hitters as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Mario Vargas Llosa. But the Chilean Allende shouldered her way in with her magical realist multi-generational tale of the... (read more)

Top tags: historical fiction,  fiction,  south america,  latin america,  allende (all tags)

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  • Sonja P

    sonja p said:

    “I liked this book well enough (not as much as Allende's Zorro), but I was a little disappointed in the ending. I've been told there are other books using the same characters that fill in more details ... but, that doesn't fix it for me. I felt like the end was wrapped up too hastily. It felt like I was reading the cheesy ending to a movie instead of getting all the good details from a book. Maybe I'll change my mind if I ever get time to read one of the companion books.

    In all, I was a bit disappointed since I really loved Allende's Zorro. (As in: if you've never picked up Allende, Zorro is the better way to go.)”

    posted Friday, April 25 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “umm, in case somebody couldnt figure it out that is a typo, it should read "cant stand steinbeck"”

    posted Friday, April 18 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “not anybody's best work, couldnt even finish it, dont care how it ends”

    posted Sunday, November 4 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
  • quinnmorgan

    quinnmorgan said:

    “a wonderful novel, always wondered if they could make a film of it, but its sad and uplifting and joy to read”

    posted Sunday, October 7 2007
  • maggiejessup

    maggiejessup said:

    “I read this a few years ago. A good summer read.”

    posted Friday, July 13 2007
  • Coleena312

    coleena312 said:

    “I agree - House of the Spirits is a great place to start. I really loved Paula as well. Of Love and Shadows was good too. I would start with the less known books and then work up to Daughter of Fortune and Portrait In Sepia. ”

    posted Wednesday, May 30 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Zephyr Woman

    zephyr woman said:

    “I read House of the Spirits first. Then, year later read Daughter of Fortune. Portrait in Sepia continues the historical novel saga begun in Daughter of Fortune about a remarkable woman in the 19th century who made her way to San Francisco and became a wealthy woman. One of Allende's talents is to tell a massive story without taking up massive amounts of pages. I was totally absorbed by these books and did not want them to end!”

    posted Sunday, May 27 2007
  • Jess

    jess said:

    “Start with eva luna then house of spirits, or I think you should read all of her early work before and then the new, that way you can follow the stories better since some of them take off where one ends. Daughter of fortune and Portrait of Sepia are completely different than her earlier work, I can't tell you which is the best you have to read them all and see for yourself.”

    posted Monday, May 7 2007
  • karajanis

    karajanis said:

    “I'd start with Daughter of Fortune. I thought it was a great read and had looked forward to reading her other books, but ended up not enjoying them quite as much.”

    posted Friday, May 4 2007
  • Desdemona

    desdemona said:

    “I started with House of Spirits and went to Eva Luna after... both of which I found to be phenomenal reads. ”

    posted Thursday, May 3 2007
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