![]() ![]() Her novels and memoirs have been translated into over 40 languages. Allende has spoken at universities throughout South America and the US. Much like Gabrielle García Marquez, the author uses magical realism frequently in her work. The memoir is written as a letter to her daughter, Paula, detailing Allende’s early life, her exile in Venezuela, and the things that her daughter was missing while comatose. ![]() Allende proceeds to write about her professional adventures, from her work for the United Nations to her work as a journalist. It was written both during and after her daughter fell into a persistent vegetative state as a result of a medication interaction. They have two children, Paula and Nicolas. Paula was also a project born of Allende’s grief. Since the death of her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Paula Frias, in December 1992, Isabel Allende has frequently stated that she is a changed woman. The book is loosely based on a letter she wrote him to “keep him alive, at least in spirit.” She wrote her first novel, The House of the Spirits, as a way of coping with her grandfather’s eminent passing while she was away. Isabel Allende’s writing career began in earnest while she and her young family were on exile in Venezuela following a coup in her native Chile (her mother and diplomat stepfather narrowly escaped assassination). A Near Fine Book in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. ![]()
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