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2020/111: A Long Petal of the Sea -- Isabelle Allende
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 12:19 pm2020/111: A Long Petal of the Sea -- Isabelle Allende
In 1938, in Valencia, Victor Dalmau saves the life of a young soldier by reaching into his ribcage and palpating his heart. In 1994 Victor is living alone in the hills above Santiago in Chile, celebrating his eightieth birthday with only the memory of his dead wife for company, when a stranger arrives at his door.( one minor spoiler )
[she] had said on more than one occasion that if she died in Chile she wished to be buried in Spain, where her husband and son were laid to rest, but if she died in Spain she wanted to be buried in Chile, to be near the rest of her family. Why? Well just to cause trouble, she would say with a laugh. And yet it wasn’t simply a joke, it was the anguish of divided love, separation, of living and dying far from one’s loved ones. [loc. 3547]
In 1938, in Valencia, Victor Dalmau saves the life of a young soldier by reaching into his ribcage and palpating his heart. In 1994 Victor is living alone in the hills above Santiago in Chile, celebrating his eightieth birthday with only the memory of his dead wife for company, when a stranger arrives at his door.( one minor spoiler )
