The indelible bond they share will connect them across four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives. 1 The book was issued in 2009 in Spanish as La Isla Bajo el Mar, and was translated into English by Margaret Sayers Peden, who had translated all (except the first) of Allende's. It was first published in the United States by HarperCollins. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns to his teenaged slave Tété, who becomes his most important confidant. Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel Hardcover Deckle Edge, Apby Isabel Allende (Author) 1,704 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 16.58 72 Used from 1.46 10 New from 11.50 9 Collectible from 17. Island Beneath the Sea ( Spanish: La Isla Bajo el Mar) is a 2009 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the mysteries of voodoo.

The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité-known as Tété-was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman-a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny-in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century. An Island Utopia Where Nobody Dies and the Living Is Easy In Justin Cronin’s novel The Ferryman, residents of a coastal paradise enjoy respectable, cultured lives until their memories are. “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”- Los Angeles Times

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