Violeta

Isabel Allende is a superstar of Latin American literature alongside Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the most famous women in South America, a holder of numerous awards, and an author of books translated into dozens of languages, with total print runs steadily approaching one hundred million copies. Allende's new novel, inspired by her mother's life, unfolds in a giant multicolored panorama. Before us is the story of a passionate and strong woman who knows how to laugh despite everything—a truly epic heroine. At the beginning of this story is the Spanish flu epidemic, at the end is the coronavirus epidemic, and between them unfolds the long life of Violeta, her one hundred years without loneliness. In this life, there will be prosperity and poverty, dizzying loves and devastating disappointments, terrible losses and astounding delights, the birth of the new, the inevitability of death, and inevitable wisdom. The 20th century—the Great Depression, wars, the rise and fall of tyrants, the struggle for women's rights—will leave its mark on the fate of Violeta, who was born one night during a storm and lived a turbulent life from the first minute to the last, from pandemic to pandemic. The private life of an individual becomes a grand saga in Allende's work, instilling hope when hope runs thin and inspiring when inspiration is hard to find. For the first time in Russian!