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Paula (En espanol) (Spanish Edition) (original 1994; edition 2017)

by Isabel Allende (Author)

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When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, and the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits.… (more)
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Title:Paula (En espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Authors:Isabel Allende (Author)
Info:Vintage Espanol (2017), 464 pages
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Paula by Isabel Allende (1994)

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    The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir by Isabel Allende (Cecrow)
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    Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: Opposite sides of the death of a loved one in a mother-daughter relationship; both brilliantly written.
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This work of grieving and honoring was written after the loved and happily married adult daughter of the Author was stricken with porphyria. Isabel mothered and wrote at the bedside as Paula gradually lost her senses and died, after a year of torments and losses. The Author presents a rich table set with her "spiritual" skills. She observes much and examines what she observes without failing to honor the life of the dying. All who have grieved the slow death of a beloved member of the family can find solace here, at this bedside, with this parallel of connections.

She begins with the moving quote by Robert Bly: "We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees. The trees that are broken/ And start again, drawing up from the great roots." Allende writes with roots. ( )
1 vote keylawk | Jul 5, 2023 |
I don't particularly care for memoirs (this is a book club read) so it's hard to put a rating to something I'm inclined to dislike at the get-go. However, I do think this is a better variety of memoir than so many out there and the political aspects of memoir are really interesting. ( )
  sgwordy | Feb 5, 2023 |
Beautifully written (of course) but crushingly sad. ( )
  steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 |
Heartbreaking memoir about the loss of Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, at age twenty-nine, to porphyria. I am sure Allende realized the need to add other elements to this account so it would not dwell endlessly on sadness. She wrote this book in the form of a letter to her daughter, telling her about their family’s history and things that happened while Paula was hospitalized, hoping she would read it when she got well. Unfortunately, that never happened. It is a poignant memoir of love and loss written in a beautifully flowing style. ( )
  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |

جميل و حزين
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بعدما انتهت الصفحات الأخيرة، كنت لا أريد لها أن تنتهي...أردت المزيد من هذه التفاصيل لما حدث أثناء الانقلاب العسكري الذي قاده بينوشيه على سلفادور ألليندي
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في البداية كانت الرواية مليئة بالإسهاب عن تاريخ أسرة إيزابيل حد الملل أحيانا، لكنها استطاعت أن تربط هذه التفاصيل الماضية بحاضرها و نشأة باولا و أخيها إلى حد ما
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أبكتني اللحظات التي كانت تقص فيها حزنها و حيرتها لتنجو ابنتها
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في بعض الأجزاء كان الجانب الطبي لدي يطغى على الجانب الأدبي فاترجم و أحلل ما يحدث..للدرجة التي كنت أعرف مما سيقولهلها الأطباء في أسبانيا ثم أمريكا..لكنه قلب الأم و الأسرة الذي يتعلق بأي فرصة للشفاء.
الجزء الخاص بإصابتها بنزيف دموي و قرارهم عدم عمل إسعافات مبالغ فيها او نقلها للمستشفى كان أمرا مفصليا يتكرر كثيرا في الغرب..و أحيانا في العالمم العربي أو الشرق الفقير لأسباب مادية أكثر منها قرار الأسرة في عدم الإنعاش أو نقل المريض للمستشفى
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تعلمت من الرواية كيف تجعل الأحداث مصدرا للإلهام و الكتابة في رواية أو قصة قصيرة و ما أكثرها في حياتنا.
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في طيات الصفحات اخترت فقرات و جملا أثرت في أو أعجبتني.ربما امتلك الوقت لإعادة تجميعها و التعليق عليها بعناونا (قراءة في رواية باولا ) على مدونتي. و ما همني فيها جزءان (الجانب العاطفي بين الأم و ابنتها) و (الجانب السياسي الاجتماعي أثناء الانقلاب العسكري)
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هذا ولنا قراءة ثانية للرواية الأولى لإيزابيل ألليندي (بيت الأرواح) ( )
  DrEmanreads | Sep 1, 2022 |
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Isabel Allendeprimary authorall editionscalculated
Boon, AdriTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Guadalupi, GianniTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Juan, AnaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kolanoske, LieselotteTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Peden, Margaret SayersTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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We did not come to remain whole.
We came to lose our leaves like the trees,
The trees that are broken
And start again, drawing up from the great roots.
— Robert Bly
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Listen, Paula, I am going to tell you a story, so that when you wake up you will not feel so lost.
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In December 1991 my daughter, Paula, fell gravely ill and soon thereafter sank into a coma. These pages were written during the interminable hours spent in the corridors of a Madrid hospital and in the hotel room where I lived for several months, as well as beside her bed in our home in California during summer and fall of 1992.
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When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, and the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits.

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