num_pages: 304
description: After her mother dies in childbirth, Aurora del Valle is raised by her imposing grandmother, but despite growing up in a rich and privileged environment, Aurora is unhappy. Haunted by terrible nightmares and the inexplicable abscence of many of her childhood memories, and finding herself alone at the end of a love affair, she decides to travel to Chile to discover what it was, exactly, all those years ago, that had such a devastating effect on her young life.
language: English
title: Portrait in Sepia
titlecomplete: Portrait in Sepia
characters: Lynn Sommers, Severo del Valle, Eliza Sommers, Aurora del Valle, Nivea del Valle, Tao Chi'en, Paulina del Valle
genres: Fiction, Historical, Magical Realism, Latin American, Spanish Literature, Romance, Literature, Latin American Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 38272
places: Chile
series: Involuntary trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: Margaret Sayers Peden
publisher: Flamingo