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By Eliot Stein 13 January 2021
Isabel Allende has been inspiring readers to fall in love with the world for nearly 40 years. Widely considered to be the world s most-read Spanish-language author, the Chilean writer s deft blend of social commentary and magical realism is a reflection of her peripatetic upbringing and the many people, places and cultures that have fuelled her curiosity.
50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021
Why do you love the world? Because in spite of the pandemic, the wildfires and the smoke in my hometown, the awful political climate in the US and the economic crisis that creates so much despair, I wake up every morning in my small house in California squeezed between my husband and two dogs and realise that love is all that truly matters,
From 1939 Spain to 1973 Chile
By Sally Bland - Jan 03,2021 - Last updated at Jan 03,2021
A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
New York: Ballantine Books, 2020
Pp. 318
In her latest novel, Isabel Allende pays tribute to Chile’s beloved communist poet, Pablo Neruda, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, and died in September 1973, as Augusta Pinochet’s military regime came to power. (Until today, suspicions linger that Pinochet’s agents poisoned him.) Each chapter of “A Long Petal of the Sea” is graced by excerpts of his poems. It is obvious why Allende singled him out, for Neruda’s poetry elegantly and forcefully extolls both love and social justice themes that are implicit in Allende’s own books. Other writers and artists Spanish as well as Chilean are mentioned in the narrative, attesting to Allende’s conviction in the importance of culture for countering war, dictatorship and displacement.
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