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Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBNMaya’s Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende.
This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer.
When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as "the vampires," she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime--a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol.
Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother’s old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.
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Description du livre Etat : New. N° de réf. du vendeur 19772096-n
Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The author of The House of the Spirits returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction. The narrator and protagonist of Mayas Notebook is a 19-year-old girl who grows up in Berkeley, California, and falls into a life of drug addiction and crime. To rescue Maya, and save her from the criminal types pursuing her, Maya's Chilean grandmother sends her to a remote island off the southern coast of Chile. Here she lives among a traditional rural people, the Chilote, who speak an older form of Spanish and have remained largely isolated from the materialism, crime, and fast-paced contemporary life which is our own. The book alternates between the narrative in the US and that on Chiloe, the island, so the two strands of the story unfold for the reader at more or less the same time.This new book is very different from Isabel's previous historical novels: a contemporary setting; an American (of Latino descent) teenage drug addict as the protagonist and narrating voice; a realistic style of writing rather than a magical realistic one (Chiloe exists, and one can visit it). Maya's voice is modeled on that of Isabel's teenage granddaughter, a native of the Bay area (San Francisco, Berkeley). The author of The House of the Spirits returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780007482856
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Description du livre paperback. Etat : New. Language: ENG. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780007482856
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 400 pages. 7.76x5.12x1.89 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur __000748285X
Description du livre Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. The author of `The House of the Spirits' returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction. N° de réf. du vendeur B9780007482856
Description du livre Etat : New. N° de réf. du vendeur 19772096-n
Description du livre PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur FC-9780007482856
Description du livre Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A gritty novel of teenage addiction, from the author of 'The House Of Spirits'. When 19 year old Maya falls into a life of drugs and crime in California, her Chilean grandmother sends her to a remote island off the southern coast of Chile. Here she lives among the rural people, the Chilote, who have remained isolated from the modern world. 'Another impressive feat,' 'Daily Telegraph'. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780007482856