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Aristocratic Chile is vividly evoked in Isabel Allende’s lyrical novels, in which a family’s past and future is linked inextricably with that of its country’s. A writer whose dreamy, imagistic books transport the reader to another time and place, Allende is considered by many to be the heir to Gabriel García Márquez’s lavish magic realism.
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Fact File
| Name:
Isabel Allende
Current Home:
San Rafael, California
Date of Birth:
August 2, 1942
Place of Birth:
Lima, Peru
| | Awards:
Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, 1998; Sara Lee Foundation Award, 1998; WILLA Literary Award, 2000
Isabel Allende's official web site
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The Best Book to Read First
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| | The House of the Spirits
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Isabel Allende
Allende at her most powerful and romantic, The House of the Spirits is the sweeping family saga that made her an international bestselling author. "Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion," said ane Futcher in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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In Her Own Words ...
| "It is very strange to write one's biography because it is just a list of dates, events, and achievements. In reality the most important things about one's life happen in the secret chambers of the heart and cannot be included in a list like this," Allende says on her web site. "I think that my most significant achievement is not my writing, but the love I share with my family."
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Allende for Younger Readers
| The Oprah Pick
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| | Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
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Isabel Allende
In Allende's latest novel for the younger set, sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold joins his grandmother -- a reporter for a geography magazine -- in the faraway Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help her find a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by greedy evildoers. Younger readers should also check out:
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| | Daughter of Fortune
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Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
The story of a Chilean orphan who follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849 is a tale of freedom, independence, and a love greater than any ever dreamed. Oprah recommended it in February 2000.
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