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Zorro Spa: Una Novela by: Isabel Allende List Price: CDN$ 16.25 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 11.86 You Save: CDN$4.39 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64 EAN: 9780060779023 ISBN: 0060779020 Label: Harpercollins Trade Sales Dept Manufacturer: Harpercollins Trade Sales Dept Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: April 12, 2006 Publisher: Harpercollins Trade Sales Dept Studio: Harpercollins Trade Sales Dept Sales Rank: 75634 Related Items:
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 Rating: - New Brand of HeroIsabel Allende writes with an effortless flow. Her action is enthralling, her drama captivating. Allende carves out a ZORRO who is romantic and historical, but one who exhibits sensibilities we can relate to. Thematically the book has more in common with modern greats like "My Fractured Life", "Saturday", and "Life of Pi" than most historical fiction. You'll see "Zorro" on the bestseller list for a long time. Rating: - Absolutely wonderfulForget what you've seen in Hollywood (a la the Mark of Zorro and the Mask of Zorro)- Isabel Allende tells the story of Zorro, or "the fox." Born in 1795 in California of mixed parentage, Diego de la Vega grows up with a thirst to see justice being done. Contact with his Indian grandmother leads Diego and his blood brother Bernardo to undergo the initiation ceremony into that tribe. One of his taks is to perform a feat of bravery in the woods. The sighting of a fox gives Diego the courage to continue with his mission. Many years later, when he becomes a member of the exclusive European secret society called La Justicia, Diego will take the name of Zorro. Zorro is actually a coming of age story, beginning with Zorro's birth ... Read More: Rating: - Absolutely wonderfulForget what you've seen in Hollywood (a la the Mark of Zorro and the Mask of Zorro)- Isabel Allende tells the story of Zorro, or "the fox." Born in 1795 in California of mixed parentage, Diego de la Vega grows up with a thirst to see justice being done. Contact with his Indian grandmother leads Diego and his blood brother Bernardo to undergo the initiation ceremony into that tribe. One of his taks is to perform a feat of bravery in the woods. The sighting of a fox gives Diego the courage to continue with his mission. Many years later, when he becomes a member of the exclusive European secret society called La Justicia, Diego will take the name of Zorro. Zorro is actually a coming of age story, beginning with Zorro's birth ... Read More: |
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