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　　一場軍事政變，開啟西班牙內戰的序幕。當法西斯主義盛行，革命軍何去何從？時間橫跨一甲子，主人翁碰上了南北半球的兩場政治浪潮。從一九三八年到一九九四年，從西班牙到智利。從流亡到安居。誰能在時代的浪潮下苟延殘喘？

　　一九三零年代，二十三歲的醫學生維多(Victor Dalmau)在西班牙內戰時期，為了逃離極權政府，流亡法國。他在法國的難民營中發現懷孕的嫂子蘿絲(Roser Bruguera)， 由於他的兄弟吉林(Guillem)不幸身亡，為了獲得逃往智利的機會，兩人決定假結婚以爭取船票。在建立新生活的過程中，維多和蘿絲日久生情，一起扶養蘿絲的小孩馬賽爾(Marcel)。此時，看來穩定的生活卻又被一場政變搗毀：一九七三年，智利總統薩爾瓦多‧阿葉德在政變中遭到殺害，掌權的皮諾切爾展開獨裁統治。維多和蘿絲的政治理念，又再度令他們陷入險境……

　　From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

　　In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.

　　Together with two thousand other refugees, they embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, they embrace exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning, and over the course of their lives, they will face trial after trial. But they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they will be exiles no more. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along.

　　A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea shows Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.