La Suma de los Dias (Spanish Edition)
La Suma de los Dias (Spanish Edition) book cover

La Suma de los Dias (Spanish Edition)

Hardcover – October 12, 2007

Price
$19.35
Format
Hardcover
Pages
368
Publisher
Rayo
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0061551871
Dimensions
6 x 1.17 x 9 inches
Weight
1.02 pounds

Description

Review “THE SUM OF OUR DAYS is terrific. It’s funny, insightful, moving and filled with Allende’s unique voice.” (USA Today)“...Ms.Allende...executes this epistolary memoir with the same authenticity and poetry that grace her fiction...Ms. Allende is a survivor worth reading and emulating.” (Dallas Morning News)“A vibrant voice, which is at once introspective and forthright…an inspiring and thought-provoking work…The insights resonate, on page after page.” (Denver Post)“Allende’s THE SUM OF OUR DAYS adds up to an exuberant love letter—not only to her daughter, but to her tribe and anyone lucky enough to belong to one.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)“A powerful memoir” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)“A deeply revealing memoir . . . Allende’s insight is keen, her prose polished and her language hypnotic . . . This is a book to savor.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))“A warm meditation on family and love…A book to be savored and reread.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Allende’s trademark magical realism is ever present...This high-spirited, emotionally packed book enables readers to get a closer look at the life of a much-loved writer.” (Library Journal)“Allende is a genius.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

Features & Highlights

  • The Chilean author continues the story of her life and family, and describes the situation in her California home, her travels, the enduring love of a mature couple, and other developments.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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The best of the best-

This book book by Isabel Allende can be described as a tribute to her daughter, her own life, her family and fans of her literature. I can only imagine the time and dedication that Isabel sacrificed to write such a personal recompilation of her life happenings which ultimately involved the most important people around her which includes family and friends.

Isabel journeys down memory lane to tell her daughter, Paula all that has happened since her departure from life. Isabel used her natural talent to write combined with her literary strengths which has always been her exquisite vocabulary and self-expression in this very personal expose in the form of a memoire/ autobiography. This is one of the few books that I have read in Isabel's collection and was attracted to it due to the personal nature of the book. It is so beautifully written, no details are left untouched, what a way to reconcile with life's happenings both good and bad. This is one of the best books I have read this year and definitely one of best releases of 2007. Le felicito a Isabel Allende por un libro que ha sido escrito con esmero, honestidad y exquisitez.
33 people found this helpful
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Allende's Elegance of expression is reason enough!

Isabel Allende writes as if every reader is a PhD with a conscience. The elegance of her language simply allows you to walk unhindered through the days and years of her stories--to live the era, to feel each day as it dawns. Reading them in Spanish--the language of their creation--is best, but Allende's translations are only a heartbeat away from the real thing, filled with her intimate conversations flung toward the spirit of her late daughter, Paula; the quotidian visits back and forth of the people who are always welcome in the family home in California.
By all means, buy this book if you can; if not, borrow or steal it. You'll be glad you did. ¡Vale la pena!
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EXCELENTE LIBRO DE UNA BRILLANTE ESCRITORA LATINOAMERICANA

.....SIEMPRE HE SIDO UNS FIEL LECTORA DE LOS LIBROS DE ISABEL ALLENDE....EXCELENTE ESCRITORA....Y EL LIBRO....LA SUMA DE LOS DIAS....HASTA LO QUE HE LEIDO HASTA EL MOMENTO NO ME HA DESILUSIONADO....TREMENDA LECTURA ....LO RECOMIENDO MUY FAVORABLEMENTE........
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La Suma de los Dias- A review

If you dreamt about meeting Isabel, look no further! Her book is warm and realistic. There is no need to try to imagine how she is in real life because the book allows you to meet her in the most profound way. With her extraordinary writing Isabel becomes your best friend, mother, daughter, son, or as she calls it "a member of her tribe". I am looking forward to her next book and wonder, what could be better than, La Suma de los Dias!
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As wonderful as always.

I loved it, she is funny and pasionate and as a latinamerican living in the United States and married to an American, I can relate to some of her experiences.
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Book had more noticeable damages than expected and it did ...

Book had more noticeable damages than expected and it did not mention the first page had a long dedication note...
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