The Wind Knows My Name
Allende, Isabel
Staff Pick, Literature (by Aminata)
1938 : After the night of the broken glass, five-year-old Samuel Adler leaves Austria for England leaving his family behind. 1982 : Letitia leaves El Salvador with her father for the United States after the El Mozote massacre. 2019: Seven-year-old Anita Diaz leaves Savaldor with her mother for the United States. Arriving illegally in the territory they are soon separated. Isabel Allende, with this novel, mixes history and fiction and manages to transmit the emotions felt by each character. This novel is a book of love, sorority, humanity and hope.
'A grand storyteller' Khaled Hosseini
'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' Daily Mail
'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time' Colum McCann
