Isabel Allende
Hardcover | Pages: 387 pages Rating: 3.83 | 22443 Users | 2442 Reviews
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| Original Title: | El cuaderno de Maya |
| ISBN: | 0062105620 (ISBN13: 9780062105622) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Maya Vidal |
| Setting: | Chiloé Archipelago(Chile) |
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Isabel Allende’s latest novel, set in the present day (a new departure for the author), tells the story of a 19-year-old American girl who finds refuge on a remote island off the coast of Chile after falling into a life of drugs, crime, and prostitution. There, in the company of a torture survivor, a lame dog, and other unforgettable characters, Maya Vidal writes her story, which includes pursuit by a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. In the process, she unveils a terrible family secret, comes to understand the meaning of love and loyalty, and initiates the greatest adventure of her life: the journey into her own soul.Be Specific About About Books Maya's Notebook
| Title | : | Maya's Notebook |
| Author | : | Isabel Allende |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 387 pages |
| Published | : | April 23rd 2013 by Harper (first published 2011) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Young Adult. Novels. Coming Of Age. Audiobook. European Literature. Spanish Literature |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 22443 Users | 2442 ReviewsComment On About Books Maya's Notebook
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. ----AristotleIsabel Allende Llona, a Chilean-American novelist, has penned an intriguing yet edgy novel, Maya's Notebook that unfolds the story of a teenage girl who after the death of her grandfather, the only supporting figure of her life, she surrounds herself with negative influences like drugs, alcohol and selling her body, which makes her lose herself as she escapes from the authorities as well as from hit man and lands into a quiet andAs anyone can see from my bookshelves, Im a big fan of Allende and Latino novelists in general. This book of hers, however, just didnt quite work for me. Allende created two stories, really. The present tense one takes place on a remote island off Chile where Maya, a 19 year old, is hiding from gangsters and the law and learning to appreciate her grandmothers Chilean culture. The past tense story drags us through a ghastly, drug-infested period of her life that caused her to be sent to live on
A young woman (not certain that Isabel Allende succeeded as a young and contemporary voice) loses her way after the death of her beloved grandfather & lands in her grandmother's native Chile. Told in first person, Maya, writes in her journal and alternates between past and present all the while recounting what has brought her to this point. The themes were typical Allende: exile, politics, magic, secrets, and feminocentric. However, the story was chaotic at times and a bit melodramatic. I
Isabel Allende is the author of Maya's Notebook. This is my first book by this author but not my last. I am reading this book because much of the book occurs in Chile on a small island off of Chile's coast. There are many others places mentioned in this novel. This is a great story that shows how a dramatic loss in 19 year old Maya's life caused her to spiral into a life of drugs, alcohol, prostitution, crime and violence. The reader learns about her life through Maya reading her journals that
Isabel Allendes latest novel is a triumph.Pick up a copy of Isabel Allendes new novel, Mayas Notebook, and get ready for a wild and wonderful ride through the years and up and down the length of the Western Hemisphere. Though structured as a coming-of-age novel of young Maya Vidal, recounting the four seasons of her twentieth year, Mayas Notebook ranges from the glorious madness of Berkeley, where she was born and raised, to the back alleys and casinos of drug-addled Las Vegas and an Oregon
I really love the way Isabel Allende writes. Her lyrical descriptions take you to Chile where "the ocean takes bites off the land and the continent of South America strings out into islands; an eyelash between the mountains of the Andes and the depths of the Pacific Ocean, with hundreds of volcanoes, some with lava still warm,that could wake up at any moment and bury the territory in the sea." The beauty of the land and its people contrasts vividly with its troubled history of atrocities
What I liked best about the book is the way Isabel Allende takes to you to Chiloe, an island off the coast of Chili, a place she knows and you can tell loves so much. You feel as if you are there among these wonderful,caring and sometimes superstitious people. They quietly go about there daily lives, but yet they know pretty much everything about each other and they take care of one another. You almost want to be there for a few days and experience it first hand. Maya is there hiding from her
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