The book grew out of a farewell letter to her dying grandfather. Her bestselling first novel The House of the Spirits (1982) was written while in exile in Venezuela. Isabel became involved with groups offering aid to victims of the regime but ultimately fearing for her family’s safety, she fled the country in 1975 with her husband and two children. Allende’s cousin Salvador Allende, died in the coup. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold nearly 70 million copies worldwide.Ī prominent journalist for Chilean television and magazines in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Allende’s life was forever altered in 1973 by the military coup that toppled Chile’s socialist reform government. She has written three memoirs: My Invented Country, Paula (a bestseller that documents Allende’s daughter’s illness and death, as well as her own life), and The Sum of Our Days. FAQ PODCAST RANKINGS Universities & Culture Centers Display Options > Physical Exhibition > Projection / Screen Elements Literary Magazinesīorn in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including including Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, Stories of Eva Luna, The Infinite Plan, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, a trilogy for young readers (City of Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies), Zorro, Ines of My Soul, Island Beneath the Sea, Maya’s Notebook, Ripper, Aphrodite, and The Japanese Lover.
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