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"When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, and the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance...
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In this memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende ... recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts...
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A highly personal memoir of exile and homeland by bestselling author Isabel Allende
In My Invented Country Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.
The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her uncle, Salvador Allende...
5) Paula
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El audiolibro de la obra más conmovedora, personal e íntima de Isabel Allende. Incluye un epílogo narrado por la propia autora.
«Aquí está todo lo que debe tener un libro: oído, perspectiva, cabeza, corazón y una humanidad sin límites.»
The New York Times
Cuando la gran autora chilena se encontraba en España con ocasión de la presentación de El plan infinito, su hija entró en estado de coma.
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In this memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende ... recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. becomes a new kind of family. Throughout,...
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.
15) Isabel Allende
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Twayne's world authors volume TWAS 893
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Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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McFarland literary companions volume 13
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Isabel Allende--known as "la Famosa" to Chileans--is the most widely read Spanish-language author. This reference work provides an introduction to Allende's life as well as a guided overview of her body of work. It features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Allende canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events, and themes"--Provided by publisher.
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Porto Editora
Pub. Date
2021.
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Portuguese
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"Isabel Allende percorre os labirintos da memória e oferece-nos um emocionante testemunho sobre a sua relação com o feminismo e a sua condição de mulher. Em Mulheres da minha alma, a autora chilena convida-nos a acompanhá-la nesta emocionante viagem, em que revisita a sua ligação ao feminismo, desde a infância até aos dias de hoje. Recorda algumas mulheres incontornáveis na sua vida: Panchita, Paula e a agente Carmen Balcells, cuja ausência...
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