In the midst of winter
Subtitle: a novel
By: Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Castor and Amanda Hopkinson
Contributors: Castor, Nick, translator; Hopkinson, Amanda, 1948- translator
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781501178139
Subjects: Human rights; Fiction; Women college teachers; College teachers; FICTION / General; Women illegal aliens; FICTION / Historical; FICTION / Literary
Work titles: Más allá del invierno
Description: "In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor's house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz--a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile--for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia."--
Notes: "Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Más allá del invierno" -- Verso title page.