The Infinite Plan

By Isabel Allende and Isabel; Isabel Allende Margaret Sayers Peden (Translated By) Allende

Book Overview

"Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade."
-- Boston Globe

"Allende is a genius."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review

From Isabel Allende, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of In s of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, and The House of the Spirits, comes The Infinite Plan: a vivid and engrossing tale of one man's search for love, and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect.

Gregory Reeves' father is a self-styled preacher who wanders the American West with his family in a caravan during the 1940s, preaching "The Infinite Plan," a divine vision of the meaning of life and the nature of the universe. But when the preacher falls ill, the family abandons its nomadic ways and settles in a Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles. Gregory begins a new life in a Spanish-speaking world: school (for the first time), gangs, sex, books and ideas, and work. As he explores the mysterious world of the barrio, he meets the people who will shape his future, among them Pedro and Inmaculada Morales, who become his surrogate parents and provide him with the love and security his own family cannot give him.

As Gregory's story unfolds, the tides of history beckon him--persecution by gangs in the barrio, the horrors of the war in Vietnam. After his return from Vietnam, Gregory becomes a lawyer in San Francisco, where he pursues money and possessions, looks for love with the wrong women, parties, abuses alcohol, and neglects his children. Soon he is left with nothing but a choice and a past to reckon with.

--Christian Science Monitor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061976822
• ISBN13: 9780061976827
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Not the book I ordered.

I am very disappointed with the book I received, looks very different then the one offered and stink terrible. This one would not make it to our library. Very unacceptable!

My Adventure into The Infinite Plan

It all started a hot summer day here in Taipei. My brother was here on vacation, before he went off to university. I noticed that he wouldn?t come out of his room for hours while I played on the computer, or watched TV. It was nine pm and he came out of the room with a smile on his face and he held out a book to me. He said" you have to read it!" with excitement. After a couple days he went off to university and I was left alone. I really hadn?t payed much attention to the book, but one day I put my mind to it and started reading it. I discovered that the book never stoped unraviling surprises. It was practically impossible to stop reading in middle of a chapter, I had to know what would happen next. I was surprised how the book always had surprises.It was an emotion I had never felt before, reading a book. A sensation that you dont get by reading any other book. This is a book that shows you reality and how real life is, not just some wonderland. Its fiction, history, andventure, sexuality, and other subjects in one book. I'd read for hours until my body was exhausted. When I finished the book I was a little sad because I didnt know what would happen next. I have to say this is the best book I've read in my young life, and probably not the last book I read from this author: Isabel Allende. Id recommend this book to everyone who loves reading.

Buenisismo!

He leido todos los libros de Isabel, y este es mi segundo favorito... (1ro esta la Casa de los Espiritus!)... la manera en que la Allende nos envuelve en el caracter de cada uno de los personajes es increible.. El libro esta preciosamente narrado y el perfil de los personajes tan bien definido y claro que parece que los conocieramos a cada uno... Me parecio excelente..!

This book is perfect.

I think this is one of Allende's best books and the one that particularly reveals the strength of her insightful power. In a story told with her characteristic artistry, the author opens up not only the depth of a man's soul but also the essence of an era in a portion of the soul of American society. The characters in this story seem sometimes unbelievable, but that is what makes the book great. Each one of them is portrayed with exaggerated traits that make them distinctively symbolic. The fresh and honest perspective from which this story is told reflects the generous view of someone exploring American society with the curiosity of an outsider, and the understanding of a deep believer in the goodness and value of all human beings.

Me encanto el plan infinito !!!

Este libro de Isabel, es muy personal, como todos los suyos, y ademas muestra una maestria para la narracion, de manera que nos hace sumergirnos en el, como si estuvieramos presentes y conocieramos realmente a los personajes. yo siento que es el mejor de ella