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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…mehr

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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...

Von der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bis in die Gegenwart führt dieser Roman; er spielt in den USA und schildert das bewegte Schicksal des Gregory Reeves, Sohn eines amerikanischen Predigers und einer russischen Jüdin, der seine frühen Kindheitsjahre auf den Landstraßen der Südstaaten verbringt und später unter Hispanos in den Elendsbezirken von Los Angeles lebt. Scheitern und Neubeginn, Umwege und Irrwege machen sein Leben aus, Glück ist nur zu oft ein unbekanntes Wort. Da hilft Gregory dann nur der Glaube an den "unendlichen Plan", von dem sein Vater immer sprach, ein Plan, nach dem sich jedes Leben vollzieht und dessen tiefer Sinn erst im Lauf der Jahre erkennbar wird.
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'The characters both convince and fascinate. The sense of place is stunning. Lyrical and passionate, Allende describes with equal vividness women preparing a feast in a slum back yard, a small town breathless in the heat of summer, or a battalion slaughtered by night on a mountainside. Allende's writing is supremely elegant.' Independent on Sunday

'Devotees of Allende's The House of the Spirits will rejoice to find again in her new novel the magical storyteller's touch that transforms life into a compelling emotional adventure, leaving one breathless. A hopeful, warm-hearted, absorbing novel.' Daily Mail