Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, 1999. Genre: Fiction. 399 pages. Finished 5/2/2010.
LesOpinion: I have no good excuse, Gentle Reader, for taking two whole weeks to read this novel. Chalk it up to too much work, a little bit of travel, and the discovery of all my favorite TV shows on Hulu.
While it's not House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune is still head and shoulders above the rest of the pop-lit dreck that litters the shelves of the Field Memorial. While this novel covers much of the same ground as Fortune is a Woman--gold rush San Francisco, Chinese immigration to the U.S., the subjugation of women and non-white races--comparing Allende to Adler would be like comparing Einstein to G.W. Bush: it would be just plain mean-spirited.
I'm sad to see the Allende Section of the library shelves go by with only two selections. But duty calls.
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I finished The House of the Spirits yesterday. It felt so familiar at times that I was convinced I'd read it before but I KNEW I had closed the book when the salt shakers started to move.
I'm so sad that Portrait in Sepia wasn't in your library. That's a serious omission. It was a revelation to me. Maybe it was just because it was my first Allende...
Glad you're back reading again. I miss your blog.
I finished The House of the Spirits yesterday. It felt so familiar at times that I was convinced I'd read it before but I KNEW I had closed the book when the salt shakers started to move.
I'm so sad that Portrait in Sepia wasn't in your library. That's a serious omission. It was a revelation to me. Maybe it was just because it was my first Allende...
Glad you're back reading again. I miss your blog.
We at the LesBlog Editorial Board congratulate you on your finishing The House of the Spirits. How goes Edgar Sawtelle, dear babs?
I was watching TV to avoid reading Edgar Sawtelle. After three nights of watching TV two hours past my bedtime, I gave up. I'm a wuss, I know it already.
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