The Wind from the East

The Wind from the East

Title: The Wind from the East
Author: Almudena Grandes & Sonia Soto
Release: 2007-05-01
Kind: ebook
Genre: Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature
Size: 1449421
Internationally celebrated author Almudena Grandes has produced her finest work yet with The Wind from the East, a blend of two narratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. Sara Gómes Morales,given up at birth to be raised by her wealthy godmother,is betrayed on her sixteenth birthday when she is forced to leave her godmother’s home and return to live in poverty with her estranged parents. Tortured by resentment and the loneliness of belonging to neither place,she finds solace as an adult only when she moves to the coastal town.
Parallel to Sara’s story is the story of Juan and Damian Olmedo, brothers in love with the same woman. One night an argument incited by jealousy leads Damian to stumble down a flight ofstairs and fall to his death. Suspected ofmurdering his younger brother, Juan flees to the same village that served as Sara’s escape. Deftly engaging, The Wind from the Eastis an epic tale of love and redemption. Almudena Grandes' writing has been compared to the work of classic and contemporary voices such as the Brontë sisters and Isabel Allende.

More Books from Almudena Grandes & Sonia Soto

Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes & Sonia Soto
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Angelina Múñiz Huberman, Cristina Peri Rossi, Bárbara Darder, Mariví Antón, Marga Cancela Negreira, Matilde Tricarico, Begoña Alonso, Rosa Montero, Carmen Peire, Pilar Gómez Esteban, Julia Otxoa, Carmen Vega, María Tena, Elena Casero, Gloria Fernández Rozas, Inmaculada de la Fuente, Isabel Cienfuegos, Lola López Mondéjar, Carmen Dorado Vedia, Violeta Rojo, Almudena Grandes, María José Codes, Alena Collar, Carola Aikin, Marian Torrejón, Nuria Barrios, Cristina Grande, Silvia Eugenia Castillero, Yolanda González, Inma Porcel, Eva Manzano, Maite Núñez, Eva Losada Casanova, Marta Sanz, Viviana Paletta, Elena del Hoyo, Maya García Vinuesa, Ana Grandal, Ester Gonzalez, Carmen Domingo, Cristina López Barrio, Esther Panduro, Ana Lía de Urán, Gemma Pellicer, Sonia Aldama Muñoz, Lourdes Pinel, Berta Delgado Melgosa, Nuria Sierra Cruzado, María Fernanda Ampuero, María Villa, Sara Morante, Gloria Fortún, Marina Perezagua, Mariana Torres, Gema Nieto Giménez, Cristina Morales, Maria Cano, Paloma Caramelo, Lucía Sánchez & Lucía García Díaz Miguel
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes & Claudio Stassi
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Julia Otero, Lola Garcia, Diana López Varela, Estefanía Molina, Eva Amaral, Leticia Dolera, Sandra Sabatés, Almudena Grandes, Patricia Campos, Ada Diez, Agustina Guerrero, Akira Pantsu, Ana Oncina, Maria Hesse, Raquel Riba Rossy, Sandra Cardona, Sara Herranz & Sara Soler
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes, Sara Herranz, Leticia Dolera, Estefanía Molina, Esther Gili, Maria Hesse, Sandra Sabatés, Ana Oncina Tortosa, Diana López Varela, Lola Garcia, Raquel Riba Rossy, Agustina Guerrero, Sara Soler Ester, Akira Pantsu, Ada Diez, Sandra Cardona Rodríguez, Patricia Campos, Julia Otero & Amaral