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The Infinite Plan
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Isabel Allende, Luis Moreno
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Publisher's summary
"Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade." (Boston Globe)
An enthralling tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with the pain and deprivation that shaped him.
Born in the Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived the killing fields of Vietnam, and is now a lawyer in San Francisco. Though he has successfully survived this hard journey, Gregory’s life has suddenly gone off the rails thanks to an illusory and wrongheaded quest that has left him feeling lost and listless. To find what he is missing and what his heart truly wants, he must return to his roots. Only by excavating the past can he see the way to his future.
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One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
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Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eye of their grandmother inside the walls surrounding a beautiful house on Virgins of Paradise Street in exotic Cairo. They come of age in society in which the subjugation of women is assumed - they must wear veils, are forbidden to leave the house, have no independent rights, and are circumcised to ensure purity and obedience.
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Alburquerque
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one of the very best I've ever heard
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-22-24
The infinite Plan
Enjoy listening to it. Well written. Very interesting and very entertaining. Like the reader very much.
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- natph
- 08-26-24
It was very depressing in spots, but as Isabel Allende always writes so beautifully, a lovely book.
Strong female characters that taught men at a time when this was not necessarily acceptable.
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- Sra. Dominguez
- 07-28-22
...it is so current, how is it possible?!
i loved it, I wish more guys read/listen this book, so much to learn about ourselves and others, and in the background are describing current events of the real world, history repeats itself and we don't learn...
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- Ivan Colin
- 01-08-23
Great story but too long
The performance was amazing, but the story felt dragged. I did love the ending though. After you kept up with the diverse character.
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- srchappell
- 06-28-24
A wonderful epic adventure
A lovingly told story as would be expected by Allende, this character lives a complicated yet fascinating story
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- Regina
- 09-13-24
Hurt People, Hurting People
A sad story of the generational damage done without care or awareness. The story was long and meandering in places. Some early chapters felt like a simple dissertation of facts. But I am glad I listened to it. I would not say it hangs with Allende's best works.
Narration was great.
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- karin maback
- 07-01-24
Very long
Isabel Allende has always been an author who’s books I appreciate to read.
This was a disappointment. The read line is, as the forwards says, a kind of biography of the author’s husband. It is interesting. The writing is unfortunately very monotonous and repetitive.
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