Isabel Allende

Island Beneath the Sea

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“Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.” — Los Angeles Times
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende (Inés of My Soul, The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia) tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny.
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559 printed pages
Publication year
2010
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    The affranchis lacked political power, but they managed a lot of money, and poor whites hated them for that.
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    "They are an insignificant number, Doctor. And I have just read in a scientific journal that Negroes belong to a specimen different from ours."
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    "It is obvious that you have had very few dealings with them. Blacks have the constitution for heavy work, they feel less pain and fatigue, their brain power is limited, they do not know how to make choices, they are violent, disorderly, lazy, and they lack ambition and noble sentiments."

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