El Plan Infinito (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Isabel Allende (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 1995

El Plan Infinito, de la celebrada escritora latinoamericana Isabel Allende, es su primera novela situada en los Estados Unidos y con personajes nortemamericanos. Es la hipnozitizante y conmovedora saga de un hombre que, durante los largos años de su juventud y madurez, busca amor y aceptación. Allende traza la pobreza y abandono de la niñez de su protagonista, la persecuzion de las pandillas de un barrio de Los Angeles,el horror de sus experiencias en Vietnam, su vida frenética como abagodo en San Francisco---una serie de frustraciones que por fin se resuelven en acogida y redención.

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"Isabel Allende entra a un nuevo territorio de su ficción. El plan Infinitotiene mas visión y ambición." -- ---Boston Phoenix

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Text: Spanish

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Harper Libros (March 17, 1995)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0060951273
• ISBN-13: 978-0060951276
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Untranslated > Spanish

More About the Author

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of eight novels, including, most recently, Zorro, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune. She has also written a collection of stories; three memoirs, including My Invented Country and Paula; and a trilogy of children's novels. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Isabel Allende lives in California.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The tragedy of this book is that it comes to an end., August 7, 1999

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This review is from: El Plan Infinito (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I chose to read this book quite by accident. Wanting to keep up with spanish as a second language, I decided to read on a regular basis. At the neighborhood bookstore, "El Plan Infinito" was the only spanish book on the shelf. I was greatly rewarded by having so few options.

The creation, development, and metamorphasis of the characters is astonishing. Isabel Allende is truly gifted in making characters come alive. That she can create credible characters that are so far afield of her own experience is an obvious indication of her talents as a writer. Age, ethnicity, culture, race, and gender offer no barrier to her ability to develope a character that the reader can see, understand, and most importantly, believe. Sra. Allende has an obvious gift for weaving the experiences and motivations of several complex characters into a single, well-woven cloth.

The tragedy of this book is that it comes to an end. The characters cease to be simply characters drawn from another's imagination; instead, they became real people who can be remembered and missed. As real people their lives would continue. But of course, a book must end, and we must simply savor the experience.

"El Plan Infinito" is well-written and entertaining. Its characters speak to something that resides in all of us. Perhaps this is the key to the popularity of Sra. Allende's books. Vicariously, through her characters, we can give vent to the unconventional urges that reside deep within our psyche.

The next book I read will be written by Isabel Allende.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entrancing Saga, June 18, 2005

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This review is from: El Plan Infinito (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Gregory Reeves grows up in a most unusual family--his father an itinerant New Age guru, his mother withdrawn and distant. When the father, Charles, falls ill, the family takes up residence in a Mexican neighborhood in Los Angeles, and the family's nomadic idyll comes to an end. Gregory faces many struggles, trying to survive in a new culture where he is never fully accepted.

The book follows Gregory and the many people whose lives become entwined with his, through high school, the Viet Nam war, social change, college and law school, disastrous marriage, a second disastrous marriage, disturbed children, and a law office that is about to go bankrupt. The book is not tightly plotted, it simply flows and develops, very much like real life. And what a cast of characters--every one of them fascinating and unforgettable.

What makes Allende's writing so remarkable is that every one of the characters--and at times there are almost too many--struggles toward the light, toward redemption, in his or her own way. And so, although these characters have terrible flaws and failings, you come to love them and wish them well. And by the end of the book, most of them--well, I won't spoil it for you. Author Isabel Allende has a unique way of creating a sense of intimate communion with her readers, so that you feel you have come to know her as well. I loved this book and I recommend it highly. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buenisismo!, August 31, 2000

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Liza Henriquez - See all my reviews

This review is from: El Plan Infinito (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

He leido todos los libros de Isabel, y este es mi segundo favorito... (1ro esta la Casa de los Espiritus!)... la manera en que la Allende nos envuelve en el caracter de cada uno de los personajes es increible.. El libro esta preciosamente narrado y el perfil de los personajes tan bien definido y claro que parece que los conocieramos a cada uno... Me parecio excelente..!