![]() ![]() The book tells the story of a family in an unnamed Latin American country that bears an unmistakable resemblance to Chile. The manuscript was to turn into her first and best-known novel, “The House of the Spirits”. In 1981, when she received news that her 99-year-old grandfather was dying, Isabel began writing him a letter to make herself feel closer to her family and the home she left behind. She fled to Venezuela with her husband and two children, arriving without a visa or a job, but managed to continue her career as a journalist by contributing to the Caracas newspaper, El Nacional. Isabel had been receiving death threats and learnt that her name was on a military blacklist. She went into exile after her uncle, Chilean President Salvador Allende, was overthrown in the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973. Her novels have become world-famous modern Latin American classics. ![]() ![]() That makes one strong.” This is how Chilean writer Isabel Allende answered when asked what gave her the drive to achieve. ![]() I was a political exile and then an immigrant. “Often I had no alternative but to work hard in order to survive and protect my family. Country of Asylum: United States of America ![]()
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