My Invented Country : A Memoir
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Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an 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 Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth an overdue acknowledgment that Allende had indeed left home. My Invented Country, mimicking the workings of memory itself, ranges back and forth across that distance between past and present lives. It speaks compellingly to immigrants and to all of us who try to retain a coherent inner life in a world full of contradictions.
Isabel Allende is the author of seven novels, a collection of stories, three memoirs, and a trilogy of children's novels. Her books have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in California.
Nacida en PerÚ, Isabel Allende se criÓ en Chile. Algunos de sus libros, La casa de los espÍritus, De amor y sombra, Eva Luna, Cuentos de Eva Luna, El plan infinito, y mÁs recientemente, Paula, raducidos a mÁs de 25 lenguas, encabezan la lista de bestsellers en varios paises de America y Europa. Isabel Allende reside actualmente en California.
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