Title : My Country Reinvented - Isabel Allende - book

Summary :

In this story published on the thirtieth anniversary of Allende's fall, Isabel Allende tells us about Chile—her Chile, an invented country, imagined in exile. The author interweaves her country's geography, history, culture, and mentalities with memories and personal thoughts, retracing her entire life. Her extravagant family, childhood, encounters, and travels are all windows that open onto the reality of a country and a people, as well as the origins of a novel. Some dates in the author's life: 1942: Born in Lima. Her father, Salvador Allende's first cousin, a cultured, dandy, and bohemian man, was an embassy secretary there. 1945: Her mother annulled her marriage and returned to Chile with her three children. 1953: Her mother remarried a diplomat. They were posted to Bolivia and then Lebanon. 1962: Isabel marries Miguel Frias; they have a daughter, Paula, and travel to Europe. 1966: Returns to Chile and the birth of her son, Nicolas. 1970: Salvador Allende is elected president of the republic. Isabel works for television in Santiago. 1973: September 11, coup d'état; officially, the President has committed suicide. 1975: Threats weigh on the family. They leave for Venezuela, where they will live for thirteen years. 1982: Publication of The House of the Spirits. 1987: Divorce, then meet her current husband, they settle in California. 1990: Democracy is restored in Chile; Isabel receives the Gabriela Mistral Prize from the President.

• EAN : 9782246654414
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