21. Metroactive Arts | Isabel Allende In an interview with Victor Perera, allende discusses her book Paula and the meaning of her daughter s death. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.95/allende-9550.html

Metro Metroactive Central Archives Surviving Affliction Photo by Christopher Gardner Mother of the Spirits: Isabel Allende In her newest book, 'Paula,' novelist Isabel Allende searches for ancient meaning in the modern suffering of her daughter By Victor Perera "I am seeking God, but he seems to elude me," Isabel Allende's daughter Paula wrote her mother shortly before she suffered a seizure and fell into a coma from which she never recovered. The cause of Paula's illness was porphyria, an ancient and little-understood disease that Paula inherited from her father. Allende's latest book, Paula , which began as a letter to her daughter while Isabel sat vigil at her bedside in a Madrid hospital, evolved into a search of Isabel's ownif not for God, then for a reason to go on living after all her maternal love and will power failed to bring her comatose daughter back to the world of the living. By one of the coincidences that seem to shadow Isabel Allende in private life as well as in her writing, she was in Madrid to promote her novel The Infinite Plan the day Paula suffered violent seizures and sank into a coma. As in Greek tragedy or a fairy tale, the mother was summoned to her daughter's side on the eve of calamity, and she was not to be spared a scintilla of the fate that befell her daughter.

22. Resources For Influences On Isabel Allende List of links to related pages. Includes interviews, book synopses and passages, and theories about her works. Some broken links. http://collaboratory.nunet.net/goals2000/Eddy/Allende/Resources.html

Isabel Allende Resources Student Index Author Resources Influences ... Eva Luna, historical context and feminist thrust of novel This site offers a substantial analysis of the novel. It defines "picaresque novel;" and analysizes closely the novel's feminist themes. Isabel Allende, Mojo Interview This site contains an interview with Isabel Allende, reporting her responses to these questions: What do you find surprising about the United States? How do you see the future for this country? How do you combat a fear of foreigners? How do you prevent fear from interfering with growth and learning? What kind of millenium do you envision? Isabel Allende, Review, Interview w/ Marina Warner Topics of interview: women as pillar of the family; women as storytelers; soap opera as a part of our culture; experiences in Chile; goodness outweighing evil; magical realism. Isabel Allende, Spanish Background This site gives a biographical paragraph about Isabel Allende in Spanish and compares Allende to Gabrie Garcia Marquez in her use of magical realism. If you are studying Spanish, test your understanding with this passage. 7/10/95 BOOKS: Isabel Allende's tribute to her daughter Time Magazine review of Paula

23. TED | Talks | Isabel Allende: Tales Of Passion (video) TED Talks In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist isabel allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/204

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24. NOW With Bill Moyers. Arts & Culture. Isabel Allende | PBS Profile and bibliography for Chilean author isabel allende. http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/allende.html

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Isabel Allende More on This Story: Select One Isabel Allende Interview Excerpt: MY INVENTED COUNTRY Allende For Educators Index: 6/13/03 Previous Page Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, in 1942 and raised in Chile, Bolivia, Europe, and the Middle East, as her family followed her stepfather's diplomatic career. She worked as a journalist in Chile until the 1973 military coup. Allende fled her homeland, settling in Venezuela with her husband, son and daughter. "I felt, as many Chileans did, that my life had been cut into pieces, and that I had to start over again," she recalls. Isolated from her family, and in particular from her beloved grandfather who was close to death, Allende began to write a long letter in which she reassured him that he would always be kept alive in her memories. That letter grew into the HOUSE OF SPIRITS, a novel which chronicled four generations of a Chilean family against the backdrop of Chile's brutal history. The book became an international bestseller. In her newest book, MY INVENTED COUNTRY , Allende returns to the subject of the country she left so many decades ago. It is an exercise in memory and imagination, written she says "So that you can fall in love with Chile."

25. Isabel Allende Writer The House of the Spirits. isabel allende is one of today s most important voices of Southern America Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021196/

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26. Allende, Isabel | Authors | Guardian Unlimited Books isabel allende (1942). The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life. Birthplace Lima, Peru Education http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-3,00.html

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27. Isabel Allende From HarperCollins Publishers Born in Peru and raised in Chile, isabel allende is the author of eight novels, including, most recently, Zorro, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune. http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/159/Isabel_Allende/index.aspx

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28. Isabel Allende Biography It was fifteen years ago that, isabel allende took the literary world by storm with the publication of The House of the Spirits, a novel which chronicled http://www.oprah.com/obc/pastbooks/isabel_allende/obc_pb_20000217_bio.jhtml

OAS_AD('Top'); Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende Announced on February 17, 2000 About the Author It was fifteen years ago that, Isabel Allende took the literary world by storm with the publication of The House of the Spirits, a novel which chronicled four generations of a Chilean family against the backdrop of Chile's brutal history. The Times of London heralded Allende as having "the rare ability to blend fantasy and legend with political fact and a well-plotted narrative to produce an enchanted world unlike anything else in contemporary fiction." The New York Times called the book "a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present and future of Latin America." Allende followed her impressive debut with Of Love and Shadows Eva Luna The Stories of Eva Luna , and The Infinite Plan , all bestsellers around the world. Critical accolades have greeted the publication of each of Allende's books, which have commonly been cited for their compassion, imagination, humor and originality.

29. Isabel Allende Books (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris Alibris has new used books by isabel allende, including hardcovers, softcovers, rare, outof-print first editions, signed copies, and more. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Allende, Isabel

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30. Salon Wanderlust | Isabel Allende On The Amazon Salon Wanderlust for April 1, 1997 On the Amazon with isabel allende, page 2. http://www.salon.com/march97/wanderlust/allende970325.html

PHOTOS BY AMANDA JONES Isabel Allende was born in Peru and raised in Chile, and currently resides in California. Best known for her fiction, she is the author of "The House of the Spirits," "The Infinite Plan," "Of Love and Shadows" and "Eva Luna," among other works. Her most recent book is "Paula," an autobiographical family memoir. C O N T E N T S Welcome to Wanderlust Don George, Editor On the Amazon: Snapshots of a Green Planet By Isabel Allende Isabel Allende booklist Books on the Amazon Getting there Two Sides of the Rhine By Jan Morris Jan Morris booklist Getting there My Best Holiday Experience By Pico Iyer Pico Iyer booklist The Dangers of Provence By Peter Mayle Peter Mayle booklist Books on Provence Getting there Fade into Blue By Amanda Jones D E P A R T M E N T S Passages "Pass the Butterworms" Tim Cahill An interview with Tim Cahill Postmark: Paris David Downie Table Talk - Romancing the Road - Readers Tips Your virtual travel agency B Y I S A B E L A L L E N D E a powerful dream led me to the Amazon. For three years I had been blocked, unable to write, with the feeling that the torrent of stories waiting to be told, which once had seemed inexhaustible, had dried up. Then one night I dreamed of four naked Indians emerging from the heart of South America carrying a large box, a gift for a conquistador. And as they crossed the jungles, rivers, mountains and villages, the box absorbed every sound, leaving the world in silence. The songs of the birds, the murmuring of the wind, human stories, all were swallowed up. I awakened with the conviction that I must go there to look for that voracious box, where perhaps I could find voices to nourish my inspiration. It took a year to realize that wondrous journey.

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32. KQED | Forum: Author Isabel Allende KQED Public Radio free audio archive of Author isabel allende from the locallyproduced program Forum. http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R611071000

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33. Walden Acquires Film Rights To A Trilogy By Isabel Allende - New York Times Looking for the next blockbuster series on the model of the Harry Potter movies, Walden Media has bought the rights to a children’s book trilogy by the http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/business/16walden.html

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34. Isabel Allende Chilean Author, isabel allende was born on this day in Peru in 1942. In the 1960s and 1970s, allende worked as a Journalist for a number of publications in http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/authorprofiles/p/allende.htm

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35. YouTube - Isabel Allende: Tales Of Passion www.ted.com In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist isabel allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11cDEr272Y

36. Isabel Allende - Pagina Oficial Translate this page Pagina oficial de la escritora latinoamericana isabel allende. http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/allende/index.htm

37. Isabel Allende On LibraryThing | Catalog Your Books Online Do not confuse with María isabel allende Bussi (b. 1945), daughter of former Chilean president Salvador allende; cousin of the novelist http://www.librarything.com/author/allendeisabel

Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... Blog Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer) 3 pictures add a picture Author: Isabel Allende Also known as: isabela allende Isabella Allende Isabelle Allende Isabelle, and Peden, Margaret Sayers (Translated b ... Isabel6 Uallende Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Disambiguation Notice Isabel Allende Llona (1942- ) , Chilean born novelist (US citizen since 2003) Do not confuse with Mar­a Isabel Allende Bussi (b. 1945) , daughter of former Chilean president Salvador Allende; cousin of the novelist Books by Isabel Allende combine/separate works The house of the spirits 2884 copies, 37 reviews Daughter of fortune : a novel 2092 copies, 36 reviews Eva Luna 1066 copies, 10 reviews Portrait in sepia : a novel 971 copies, 15 reviews Zorro : a novel 876 copies, 55 reviews Paula 777 copies, 17 reviews The stories of Eva Luna 669 copies, 4 reviews Of love and shadows 623 copies, 6 reviews City of the beasts 588 copies, 17 reviews

38. NPR: In Giving I Connect With Others In grieving the death of her daughter, novelist isabel allende finds inspiration in the life of service her daughter led and comfort in the love allende was http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4568464

39. Isabel Allende — Infoplease.com The daughter of a diplomat, bestselling author isabel allende spent her childhood in South America, Europe, and the Middle East. As a teenager she returned http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0882793.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Jan 26, 2008 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home Almanacs ... Word of the Day Editor's Favorites 2007 Year in Review Black History Month Leap Year Martin Luther King Day ... 2008 Calendar Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Arts and Entertainment Entertainment Biographies A Isabel Allende Author Born: Birthplace: Lima, Peru The daughter of a diplomat, best-selling author Isabel Allende spent her childhood in South America, Europe, and the Middle East. As a teenager she returned to her family's native country, Chile, where she became a writer and television host, but fled in 1975 following a military coup. Allende published her first and most acclaimed novel, House of the Spirits , in 1985. She has lived and worked in the U.S. since 1988. Woody Allen A Kirstie Alley Cite ... Add to Reddit More on Isabel Allende from Infoplease: Isabel Allende Hispanic American Writers - Notable Hispanic American writers August 2 Birthdays: Isabel Allende - August 2 birthdays: Isabel Allende, Peter O'Toole, Carroll O'Connor, Elisha Gray, John Sloan, James Baldwin, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Myrna Loy

40. Isabel Allende - Salon.com Mar 5, 2001 isabel allende may be a little in love with the risqué. She celebrated her 50th birthday by publishing a reverie on aphrodisiacs, http://dir.salon.com/story/people/conv/2001/03/05/allende/

Search: Salon The Web Friday, Jan 25, 2008 Books Comics Community Life ... Log in Isabel Allende Her books don't get edited, she says Latin lovers make lousy husbands and her daughter's pornographic letters are a great read. By Kaitlin Quistgaard Pages 1 Share Digg it Del.icio.us My Yahoo ... RSS Font: S S+ S++ Certainly, the Chilean writer, who stormed onto the literary scene nearly two decades ago with the magic realist hit "The House of the Spirits," does not stifle concupiscence. Her novels abound with secret basement love nests, illicit couples tiptoeing through snoring houses and aching for a hidden corner and the repeated rape of servant girls by a desirous patron. New York Times reviewer Michiko Kakutani derided Allende's most recent novel, "Daughter of Fortune," as a "bodice-ripper romance"; Allende says her readers were outraged that there wasn't more action. Going through her stream-of-consciousness, autobiographical writing, though, she's really not a sensationalist; she's just at ease with sexuality playful, spirited, unabashed. Maybe she is the quintessential Latin lover. I see her at a book reading and find that her compact 5-foot frame is graciously buttressed by curves like those you'd find on a New Age fertility goddess; her jovial eyes captivate the almost all-female crowd. She writes with abundance, never offering a quiet meal when a boisterous crowd can feast on "puff pastries, delicious vegetarian dishes, spongy tortillas and enormous cheeses from the countryside" (this while "fasting" during Holy Week). Common objects become animate beings, descriptions take on palpability; an aging boat, for example, is a ship "crisscrossed with ancient marine scars, a crust of mollusks on her matronly hips, exhausted joints moaned in the pounding seas."

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