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El Pergamino de la Seduccion: Una Novela (Spanish Edition) by Belli, Gioconda, G

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ISBN
9780060833398
Book Title
Pergamino De La Seduccion : Una Novela
Item Length
8in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2006
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
Spanish, Sp
Item Height
0.8in
Author
Gioconda Belli
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Women Authors, General
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Un novela extraordinaria de amor y locura, en la que un historiador y una joven estudiante investigan la enigmatica vida de Juana la Loca La Reina Juana de Castilla, hija y madre de reyes, es el personaje mas carismatico y fascinante de un periodo crucial de la historia de Espana. Hermosa, inteligente, segura y poderosa, se rebelo contra la represion y los abusos, y lucho sin descanso por ser fiel a si misma. En 1509, con veintinueve anos, fue declarada loca y encerrada en Tordesillas, donde permanecio hasta su muerte en 1555. Cuatro siglos mas tarde, a traves de Luciauna joven de asombroso parecido con la Reina Juana de Castillaun historiador busca resolver el enigma de quien fue mas conocida como Juana la Loca. Enloquecio de amor, como cuenta la historia oficial, o fue victima de traiciones y luchas por el poder? Seducida por la pasion de la palabra, Lucia se adentra en un pasado que alterara su presente para siempre. En esta novela, historica y contemporanea, Juana de Castilla regresa para contar su propia version de los hechos.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060833394
ISBN-13
9780060833398
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52636198

Product Key Features

Book Title
Pergamino De La Seduccion : Una Novela
Author
Gioconda Belli
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
Spanish, Sp
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Women Authors, General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.3in
Weight
9 Oz
Item Weight
9.5 Oz

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Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Publication Date
2006-08-29
Reviews
A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire., Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women-with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid., 'œLush...Belli's Rich Prose Provides Fascinating Insight Into Juana's Life...', Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful womenwith characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid., 'œUnravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women'with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid.', "Lush...Belli's Rich Prose Provides Fascinating Insight Into Juana's Life...", '�The Scroll of Seduction Engages the Reader on Multiple Levels'�An Intelligent Work of Fiction.'�, '�A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming.'�, Praise for THE COUNTRY UNDER MY SKIN -- : "A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming." -- The Chicago Tribune "Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua." -- Ariel Dorfman "Gioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams." -- Cristina Garcia "Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women-with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid." -- Salon "Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey." -- San Antonio Express-News "A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire." -- Los Angeles Magazine "Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation." -- Kirkus Reviews "A lush memoir....both intensely personal and informatively political....An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love." -- Publishers Weekly "A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress." -- Booklist "Romantic and engaging." -- Philadelphia City Paper Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION -- Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION "...rigorously imagined and sumptuously presented..." -- Booklist "...A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian." -- Los Angeles Times "Lush...Belli's rich prose provides fascinating insight into Juana's life..." -- Tu Vida Magazine "...A fascinating account... richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring." -- Library Journal "Exceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover." -- María Amparo Escandón, author of Esperanza's Box of Saints and González & Daughter Trucking Co. "In Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-" -- Entertainment Weekly "The Scroll of Seduction engages the reader on multiple levels...an intelligent work of fiction." -- Daily News, "A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress.", "...a fascinating account... richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring.", "Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women-with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid.", A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress., 'œRomantic and Engaging.', 'œA lush memoir.'Šboth intensely personal and informatively political.'ŠAn honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love.', Praise for the Country under My Skin, '�'�A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian.'�, A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming., '�A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire.'�, 'œExceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover.', 'œA tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress.', '�'�Rigorously Imagined and Sumptuously Presented'�'�, '�A lush memoir.'�both intensely personal and informatively political.'�An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love.'�, '�'�A fascinating account'� richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring.'�, .A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian., '�Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey.'�, "The Scroll of Seduction Engages the Reader on Multiple Levels...An Intelligent Work of Fiction.", '�Gioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams.'�, 'œThe Scroll of Seduction Engages the Reader on Multiple Levels'šan Intelligent Work of Fiction.', A lush memoir.…both intensely personal and informatively political.…An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love., 'œBelli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation.', '�Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua.'�, '�Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation.'�, "Gioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams.", …A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian., 'œEngaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey.', A lush memoir..both intensely personal and informatively political..An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love., "A lush memoir....both intensely personal and informatively political....An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love.", "A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming.", Exceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover., Praise for THE COUNTRY UNDER MY SKIN -- : "A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming." -- The Chicago Tribune "Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua." -- Ariel Dorfman "Gioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams." -- Cristina Garcia "Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women-with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid." -- Salon "Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey." -- San Antonio Express-News "A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire." -- Los Angeles Magazine "Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation." -- Kirkus Reviews "A lush memoir....both intensely personal and informatively political....An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love." -- Publishers Weekly "A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress." -- Booklist "Romantic and engaging." -- Philadelphia City Paper Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION -- Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION "...rigorously imagined and sumptuously presented..." -- Booklist "...a fascinating account... richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring." -- Library Journal "...A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian." -- Los Angeles Times "Lush...Belli's rich prose provides fascinating insight into Juana's life..." -- Tu Vida Magazine "Exceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover." -- María Amparo Escandón, author of Esperanza's Box of Saints and González & Daughter Trucking Co. "In Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-" -- Entertainment Weekly "The Scroll of Seduction engages the reader on multiple levels...an intelligent work of fiction." -- Daily News, "A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire.", .A Fascinating Account. Richly Told...A Feel Similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring., In Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-, "Romantic and Engaging.", 'œLove and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua.', Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua., '�Lush...Belli's Rich Prose Provides Fascinating Insight Into Juana's Life...'�, Praise for Scroll of Seduction, 'œA poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli's soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming.', "Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey.", ".A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian.", …A fascinating account… richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring., Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation., '�Romantic and Engaging.'�, "Exceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover.", ".A fascinating account. richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring.", "Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman's sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua.", 'œIn Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-', 'œGioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams.', 'œ'ŠA fascinating account'Š richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring.', '�In Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-'�, 'œ'šrigorously Imagined and Sumptuously Presented'š', 'œ'ŠA lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian.', …a fascinating account… richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring., "Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli's memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman's encounter with personal and political liberation.", '�A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli's giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress.'�, '�Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women'with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid.'�, 'œA surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire.', Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman's insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman's extraordinary journey., '�Exceedingly clever and powerful, this passion-filled mystery of love and jealousy, of beauty and madness, unravels as the suspense builds to a page-turning frenzy that leaves us wanting to keep reading beyond the back cover.'�, "...Rigorously Imagined and Sumptuously Presented...", "In Belli's story-within-a-story, expertly translated by Lisa Dillman, a historian uses Juana's saga to seduce a 16 year old orphan at a Madrid boarding school...the novel gallops along. A-", Gioconda Belli's memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman's dreams.
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