98 pages • 3 hours read
Isabel AllendeA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Alex and Kate begin their journey in the Brazilian city of Manus, which Alex is surprised to find is a bustling modern city. There, they meet three of their compatriots for the journey to come: the anthropologist Ludovic Leblanc, the English photographer Timothy Bruce, and his assistant, Joel Gonzalez. Having rarely traveled outside the United States, Alex is struck by the economic inequality among the residents of Manaus, noting “the wealth of some and the extreme poverty of others, all mixed together” (52). Alex is also interested to read in his guidebook that some tribes of native people in the area, whom he and the others refer to as Indians, lack almost all modern technology and written language.
From Manaus, the International Geographic team sets out by boat on the Rio Negro river toward a village called Santa Maria de la Lluvia, where they will meet their Brazilian guide, César Santos. Among other passengers on the boat, they are joined by a young Venezuelan doctor named Omayra Torres, who is traveling into the jungle in order to vaccinate the Indians against diseases brought by outsiders. Along the way, the arrogant Ludovic Leblanc explains to Kate, Alex, and the rest of the group that in his experience, the Indians are cruel and brutal, ready to behave violently at any provocation.
By Isabel Allende
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
And of Clay Are We Created
And of Clay Are We Created
Isabel Allende
Daughter Of Fortune
Daughter Of Fortune
Isabel Allende
Eva Luna
Eva Luna
Isabel Allende, Transl. Margaret Sayers Peden
In the Midst of Winter
In the Midst of Winter
Isabel Allende
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea
Isabel Allende
Maya's Notebook: A Novel
Maya's Notebook: A Novel
Isabel Allende
Of Love and Shadows
Of Love and Shadows
Isabel Allende
Paula
Paula
Isabel Allende
Portrait in Sepia
Portrait in Sepia
Isabel Allende
Ripper
Ripper
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende
The Stories of Eva Luna
The Stories of Eva Luna
Isabel Allende
The Wind Knows My Name
The Wind Knows My Name
Isabel Allende
Two Words
Two Words
Isabel Allende
Violeta
Violeta
Isabel Allende
Zorro
Zorro
Isabel Allende
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection