THE INFINITE PLAN - Couverture souple

Allende, Isabel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006546846 ISBN 13 : 9780006546849

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Isabel Allende’s powerful tale of one boy’s escape from the slums of Los Angeles.

This magnificent novel tells the story of Gregory Reeves, the son of Charles, an itinerant preacher. As a boy, Gregory accepts the endless journeying and poverty which is his family’s lot, never questioning the validity of his father’s homespun philosophy of life – the Infinite Plan. But, as manhood approaches, Gregory finds himself increasingly possessed by a yearning to escape. Hankering after worldly wealth, he longs to break away from the barrio, the teeming Hispanic ghetto of downtown Los Angeles where his family has finally settled. Gregory’s quest, so different from his father’s, takes him first to the killing fields of Vietnam, and thence to law school at Berkeley from where he pitches headlong into a hedonistic pursuit of the American Dream…

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of nine novels, including Inès of My Soul,Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia. She has also written a collection of stories, four memoirs, and a trilogy of children's novels. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Isabel Allende lives in California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006546846
• ISBN 13: 9780006546849
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 402
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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