Isabel Allende is a superstar of Latin American literature alongside Gabriel García Márquez, one of the most celebrated women in South America, winner of numerous awards, and the author of books translated into dozens of languages, with combined sales steadily approaching 100 million copies. Allende's new novel, inspired by the life of her mother, unfolds like a gigantic, multicolored panorama. Before us is the story of a passionate and strong woman who knows how to laugh, no matter what—a truly epic heroine. This story begins with the Spanish flu epidemic, ends with the coronavirus, and in between unfolds Violeta's long life, her hundred years of solitude. This life will encompass prosperity and poverty, dizzying loves and crushing disappointments, terrible losses and stunning raptures, the birth of the new, the inevitability of death, and the inevitable wisdom. The 20th century—the Great Depression, wars, the rise and fall of tyrants, the struggle for women's rights—will leave its mark on the fate of Violeta, born one night during a storm and living a turbulent life to the core, from the first to the last minute, from pandemic to pandemic. In Allende's work, the private life of an individual is transformed into a grand saga, instilling hope when hope is dwindling and inspiring when it is difficult to move on without inspiration. For the first time in Russian!