Island Beneath the Sea - Softcover

"[An] entertaining sweep...The canvas contains no less than the revolutionary history of the world's first black republic...Allende revels in period details...Her cast is equally vibrant..."--New York Times Book Review

"Timely and absorbing...filled with adventure, vivid characters, and richly detailed descriptions of life in the Caribbean."--Library Journal

"Exuberant passions, strong heroines and intricate plots...a world as enchanted--and enchanting--as it is brutal and unjust... A page-turning drama."--San Francisco Chronicle

An entrancing and astute storyteller...In a many-faceted plot, Allende animates irresistible characters authentic in their emotional turmoil and pragmatic adaptability...while masterfully dramatizing the psychic wounds of slavery."--Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

"Two remarkable women whose destinies are entwined face the chaos of this time [eighteenth century Saint-Domingue]...Uncannily relevant."--Corrie Pikul, Elle

"Enthralling, blood-chilling, and heart-breaking...Island Beneath the Sea is a historical novel which works brilliantly in conveying the cyclone that was the eighteenth century."--The Huffington Post

"A remarkable feat of prescience...Island Beneath the Sea is rich in drama, setting, themes, characters, dialogue and symbolism...an intriguing and wonderfully woven story."--San Antonio Express-News

"A lush epic of racism and rebellion which begins in Saint-Domingue (today's Haiti)...In a culture of violence, Tété proves that ingenuity can be as heroic as love."--Cathleen Medwick, More magazine

"Epic scope and sweep...[Allende's] characters, linked by blood, love triangles and even incest, have a depth and complexity that...imbues the proceedings with a lushness bordering on magic realism."--Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

"...with gorgeous place descriptions, a keen eye for history and a predilection for high drama...There are few more charming storytellers in the world than Isabel Allende."--NPR.org NPR.org