Examples of the violence and terror committed by the 60,000 member MS-13 gang, abject poverty, and political corruption are not down-played. But it was when Pinochet led the military in a coup that toppled the government that she knew she and her husband and children needed to leave Chile.īut In the Midst of Winternever feels heavy-handed or over-balanced with human suffering. As the god-daughter of the first Socialist president of Chile, Salvadore Allende, she rebelled against the male authority of the police and the church. The three different narrators in this performance provide another layer of meaning to the text.Īllende draws on her personal experiences in the story-line of Lucía Maraz. I knew from listening to The House of the Spirits, that I would appreciate the audio version of In the Midst of Winter. In the Midst of Winter will stay with you long after you turn the final page. 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.Įxploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees, the book recalls Allende’s landmark novel The House of the Spirits in the way it embraces the cause of “humanity, and it does so with passion, humor, and wisdom that transcend politics” (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post). At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucía Maraz-a 62-year- old lecturer from Chile-for her advice.
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. 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. Publisher’s Summary: 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. I admit I am a fan of Isabel Allende, so when In the Midst of Winterwas released, I knew that it would take a top position on my To-Read list. In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
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