内容简介
Achildoftwoworlds--thesonofanaristocraticSpanishmilitarymanturnedlandownerandaShoshonewarriorwoman--youngDiegodelaVegacannotsilentlybearthebrutalinjusticesvisiteduponthehelplessinlate-eighteenth-centuryCalifornia.Andsoagreatheroisborn--skilledinathleticismanddazzlingswordplay,hispersonaformedbetweentheOldWorldandtheNew--thelegendknownasZorro.
作者简介
IsabelAllendewasbornin1942inLima,Peru,thedaughterofaChileandiplomat.Whenherparentsseparated,youngIsabelmovedwithhermothertoChile,whereshespenttherestofherchildhood.Shemarriedattheageof19andhadtwochildren,PaulaandNicolas.HerunclewasSalvadorAllende,thepresidentofChile.Whenhewasoverthrowninthecoupof1973,shefledChile,movingtoCaracas,Venezuela.WhilelivinginVenezuela,Allendebeganwritinghernovels,manyofthemexploringtheclosefamilybondsbetweenwomen.Herfirstnovel,TheHouseoftheSpirits,hasbeentranslatedinto27languages,andwaslatermadeintoafilm.ShethenwroteOfLoveandShadows,EvaLuna,andTheStoriesofEvaLuna,allsetinLatinAmerica.TheInfinitePlanwasherfirstnoveltotakeplaceintheUnitedStates.InPaula,Allendewrotehermemoirsinconnectionwithherdaughter'sillnessanddeath.ShedelvedintotheeroticconnectionsbetweenfoodandloveinAphrodite:AMemoiroftheSenses.Inadditiontowritingbooks,AllendehasworkedasaTVinterviewer,magazinewriter,schooladministrator,andasecretaryataU.N.officeinChile.Shereceivedthe1996HaroldWashingtonLiteracyAward.ShelivesinCalifornia.
