A reclusive professor and his downstairs tenant rescue an illegal immigrant who collides with his car from the fury of her murdering employer.
I like trying to create a single sentence summary of a novel. Allende is one of my all time favorite authors, although her last few books have not inspired the admiration of her earliest writings, see my reviews of The Japanese Lover and Maya's Notebook.
In this novel, she weaves the history of Chile and Guatemala violence with present day realities through the stories of three people; Richard, a lonely academic isolated by loss, Lucia, his colleague and tenant who masks her losses with persistent optimism, and Evelyn, a scarred survivor of the gangs in Guatemala. Believe it or not, the book is funny in many ways as these broken people help one another out of a sticky situation.
Allende gives an up close an personal look at life in these countries when chaos prevails and illuminates the strength of the human spirit. A good read for fans of the author.
Published: 2017 Read: December 2017 Genre: Fiction
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