Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende: Life and Spirits is a passionate look at the life and literary work of one of the most reknowned contemporary female writers in Latin American literature. Celia Correas Zapata traces Isabel Allende's life and literary trajectory in Allende's own voice, through the threads of a series of interviews that reveal her experiences, her family environment, and the genesis and creation of her primary triumphs.This biography sketches Isabel Allende in vivid, bold strokes, from her childhood at the side of Panchita, her mother, first reader and critic, through her discovery of stories and characters that are later reflected in her writing and an analysis of her literary work, to her ideas on literature, literary success, the tragedy of her daughter Paula, and her life.Isabel Allende: Life and Spirits for the first time allows the reader to explore the intimate life of the Chilean author, a woman who produces novels that shake the emotional fibers of millions of readers throughout the world. Finally, in this book, her readers will have a true portrait of Isabel Allende: the writer and the woman.