City of the Beasts

City of the Beasts
First edition
AuthorIsabel Allende
Original titleLa ciudad de las bestias
TranslatorMargaret Sayers Peden
LanguageSpanish
Series2002
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherSudamericana
Publication date
2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages406 pp
ISBN0-06-050917-1
OCLC49495107
LC ClassPZ7.A43912 Ci 2002
Followed byKingdom of the Golden Dragon 

City of the Beasts (Spanish: La ciudad de las bestias) is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende.[1] Published in 2002, the story is set in the Amazon rainforest. The novel was translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from Spanish to English. Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006,[2] but no film has yet been produced.

  1. ^ Stein, Eliot (13 January 2021). "Isabel Allende on travel, culture and what inspires her". 50 Reasons to Love the World. BBC Travel. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ Miller, Lia (16 January 2006). "Walden Acquires Film Rights to a Trilogy by Isabel Allende". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2023.