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Maya's Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende.
This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer.
When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as "the vampires," she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime??a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol.
Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.… (plus d'informations)
While the idea of exile is an interesting one, and Maya's self-imposed exile seems mostly genuine, the book only goes so far in its exploration of the Chilean military coup in the 70s and its consequences, which is what I was anticipating from the very beginning. It just scratches the surface, and wraps up too conveniently in the end. I expected a lot more. ( )
This book consisted of two interweaving narratives: an earlier one showing how 19-year-old Maya fell into serious trouble, from alcohol and drug addiction to escape from a rehab hospital only to be sexually violated and enlisted in criminality; and a later one in which she goes into exile to a remote island in Chile to escape both the law and two dangerous criminals she had double-crossed.
I would have liked to have been able to identify more with Maya, but much about her attitude put me off. If only she could have been a little more vulnerable and a little less tough. But, of course, if she had fit my bill, she probably couldn't have fallen as far in the excrutiating way the novel seemed to require. All in all, though, a gripping, well-executed novel worth reading. ( )
«Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve años, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacida en Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no se les ocurrió otro nombre, aunque tuvieron nueve meses para pensarlo. En hindi, maya significa “hechizo, ilusión, sueño”, nada que ver con mi carácter. Atila me calzaría mejor, porque donde pongo el pie no sale más pasto. Mi historia comienza en Chile con mi abuela, mi Nini, mucho antes de que yo naciera, porque si ella no hubiera emigrado, no se habría enamorado de mi Popo ni se habría instalado en California, mi padre no habría conocido a mi madre y yo no sería yo, sino una joven chilena muy diferente.»
Isabel Allende wrote another fun page turner with a sometimes farfetched plot. Nineteen year old Maya Nidal tells the reader how she after the death of her beloved grandfather (Popo) descended into alcohol and drug abuse, prostitution, crime and eventually ended up being wanted by the criminal she worked with and the FBI. Her grandmother (Nini), who is originally from Chile hide her in the remotest corner she can think of on the tiny island of Chiloe with and old friend. The people she meets on the island, the communal life there heal her in way rehabs never could. Ev:eryone has a past to come to terms with. This is a warm and loving book. ( )
The prioritising of story over voice suggests that it's not the aim of Maya's Notebook to plunge the reader into the grim existence of a real-life Maya; this is a tale of revelations and resolutions, and the plot is more answerable to its own turns than to the brutal possibilities of reality. Despite the observations about the number of young people lost to street violence, crime and slavery, or because of them, the driving force of this novel is ultimately resilience – the power of love and acceptance to face down terrible things.
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Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day"
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A los adolescentes de mi tribu: Alejandro, Andrea, Nicole, Sabrina, Aristotelis y Achilleas
For the teenagers of my tribe: Alejandro, Andrea, Nicole, Sabrina, Aristotelis, and Achilleas
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A week ago my grandmother gave me a dry-eyed hug at the San Francisco airport and told me again that if I valued my life at all, I should not get in touch with anyone I knew until we could be sure my enemies were no longer looking for me.
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If my depraved grandma doesn't start printing money herself or sell the plates to some criminals, she'll leave them to me in her will, along with my Popo's pipe.
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Maya's Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende.
This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer.
When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as "the vampires," she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime??a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol.
Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.
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