Isabel Allende
Biographic Data
| ID | 1131020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel Allende |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Allende |
| SIGNATURE | ALLENDE I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Retrato en sepia
Hija de la fortuna
Eliza Sommers es una joven chilena que vive en Valparaiso en 1849, el ano en que se descubre oro en California. Su amante, Joaquin Andieta, parte hacia el norte decidido a encontrar fortuna, y ella decide seguirlo. El viaje infernal, escondida en la cala de un velero, y la busqueda de su amante en una tierra de hombres solos y prostitutas atraidos por la fiebre del oro, transforman a la joven inocente en una mujer fuera de lo comun. Eliza recibe …
Breath of Hope
Many years ago, when I was young and still believed that the world could be shaped according to our best intentions and hopes, someone gave me a book with a yellow cover that I devoured in two days with such emotion that I had to read it again a couple more times to absorb all its meaning: The open Veins of Latin America, by Eduardo Galeano.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in f…
Paula
Writing as an act of hope
In every interview during the last few years I have encountered two questions that forced me to define myself as a writer and a human being: Why do I write? And whom do I write for? In 1981, in Caracas, I put a sheet of paper in my typewriter and wrote the first sentence of The House of the Spirits: “Barabbas came to us by sea.” At that moment I didn't know why I was doing it, or for whom. In fact, I assumed that no one would ever read it except …
Una conversación con Isabel Allende
De amor y de Sombra
Writing as an act of hope
In every interview during the last few years I have encountered two questions that forced me to define myself as a writer and a human being: Why do I write? And whom do I write for? In 1981, in Caracas, I put a sheet of paper in my typewriter and wrote the first sentence of The House of the Spirits: “Barabbas came to us by sea.” At that moment I didn't know why I was doing it, or for whom. In fact, I assumed that no one would ever read it except …
De amor y de Sombra
Una conversación con Isabel Allende
Writing as an act of hope
In every interview during the last few years I have encountered two questions that forced me to define myself as a writer and a human being: Why do I write? And whom do I write for? In 1981, in Caracas, I put a sheet of paper in my typewriter and wrote the first sentence of The House of the Spirits: “Barabbas came to us by sea.” At that moment I didn't know why I was doing it, or for whom. In fact, I assumed that no one would ever read it except …
Paula
Breath of Hope
Many years ago, when I was young and still believed that the world could be shaped according to our best intentions and hopes, someone gave me a book with a yellow cover that I devoured in two days with such emotion that I had to read it again a couple more times to absorb all its meaning: The open Veins of Latin America, by Eduardo Galeano.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in f…
Hija de la fortuna
Eliza Sommers es una joven chilena que vive en Valparaiso en 1849, el ano en que se descubre oro en California. Su amante, Joaquin Andieta, parte hacia el norte decidido a encontrar fortuna, y ella decide seguirlo. El viaje infernal, escondida en la cala de un velero, y la busqueda de su amante en una tierra de hombres solos y prostitutas atraidos por la fiebre del oro, transforman a la joven inocente en una mujer fuera de lo comun. Eliza recibe …
Retrato en sepia
Art (6 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity (2 works) · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Allende meteorite (1 work)