Back to Blog
Isabel allende a long petal of the sea6/28/2023 ![]() As a child in Santiago, Chile, Allende lived with her maternal grandparents, who would later serve as models for Esteban and Clara Trueba, the patriarch and matriarch of the family whose history Allende chronicled in her first and best-known novel, The House of the Spirits (La casa de losespíritus) (1982). Although Allende's contact with her father ceased following her parents' divorce, she remained close to his family-particularly Salvador Allende, her godfather and her father's cousin, who served as president of Chile from 1970 to 1973. Growing Up in Turbulent Times Allende was born in Lima, Peru, where her father served as a diplomatic representative of Chile. Not that she is the first contemporary female writer from Latin America … but she is the first woman to approach on the same scale as the others the tormented patriarchal world of traditional Hispanic society.” Works in Biographical and Historical Context ![]() As Alexander Coleman has asserted, “Allende is the first woman to join what has heretofore been an exclusive male club of Latin American novelists. Some scholars have even placed her among the ranks of those South American writers-Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, among others-who rose to prominence during the 1960s surge of interest in Latin American literature. ![]() Chilean writer Isabel Allende is valued not only as a commentator on the turbulent nature of Latin American society but also as an author of powerful, humanistic fiction. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |