num_pages: 448
description: "Portrait in Sepia is the best book Allende has published in the United States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, The House of the Spirits .”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World “ Portrait in Sepia tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as complete and inspiring as the real world it parallels … Allende’s enchanting historical universe keeps expanding and Portrait in Sepia is a new galactic jewel.”— Chicago Tribune A richly imagined historical novel about memory and family secrets from the New York Times bestselling author of Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, Zorro, and House of the Spirits .
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: 38281
places: Chile
series: Involuntary trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: Margaret Sayers Peden
publisher: Harper