Wind From The East

The Wind from the East will sweep the reader away with its literary forcerhythm and narrative structure drawing you in with a distillation of humanpassions that... » 

The Wind from the East will sweep the reader away with its literary forcerhythm and narrative structure drawing you in with a distillation of humanpassions that are almost always in conflict with each other.The EuropeanInternationally celebrated Almudena Grandes finest work yet is a blend of twonarratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. SaraGomes Morales given up at birth to be raised by her wealthy godmother isbetrayed on her sixteenth birthday when she is forced to leave her godmothershome and return to live with her estranged parents in poverty. Tortured byresentment and the loneliness of belonging to neither place she searches forsolace in a coastal town.Parallel to Saras story is the story of Juan and Damian Olmedo brothers inlove with the same woman. One night an argument incited by jealousy leadsDamian to stumble down a flight of stairs and fall to his death. Suspected ofmurdering his younger brother Juan flees to the same village that served asSaras escape.Deftly engaging The Wind from the East is an epic tale of love and redemption.Almudena Grandes writing has been compared to the work of classic andcontemporary voices such as the Bronte sisters and Isabel Allende. «