Portrait in Sepia
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Portrait in Sepia is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows a young woman’s search for identity and family secrets amid the social and political upheavals of late 19th- and early 20th-century Chile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portrait in Sepia canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family secrets
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immigration ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ memory ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ search for identity ⓘ |
| character |
Aurora del Valle
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Eliza Sommers ⓘ Matías Rodríguez de Santa Cruz ⓘ Nívea del Valle ⓘ Paulina del Valle ⓘ Severo del Valle ⓘ Tao Chi’en ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Chinese
ⓘ
Danish ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Swedish ⓘ |
| literarySeries | del Valle family cycle ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Aurora del Valle ⓘ |
| motif |
memory and forgetting
ⓘ
photography ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Retrato en sepia ⓘ |
| prequel | Daughter of Fortune ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The House of the Spirits ⓘ |
| sequelTo | Daughter of Fortune ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
Chile
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| setInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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