Isabel Allende : Life and Spirits

by ZAPATA CELIA CORREAS

• ISBN13: 9781558853638
• ISBN10: 1558853634
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr

Summary

The biography sketches Isabel Allende from her childhood discovery of stories and characters that are later reflected in her writing. It also offers an analysis of Allende's literary works, her ideas on literature, on literary success, and the tragic death of her daughter Paula.

Author Biography

Celia Correas Zapata is Professor of Latin American literature at San Jose State University.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A Few Words by Way of Explanation	p. ix
Introduction	p. xvii
The Beginnings	p. 1
Once Upon a Time	p. 15
Good and Bad Fortune	p. 21
Travels	p. 25
Humor	p. 31
Rebellions and Challenges	p. 35
The House of the Spirits	p. 41
A Chosen Destiny	p. 51
Of Love and Shadows	p. 57
Eva Luna	p. 63
The Stories of Eva Luna	p. 71
The Infinite Plan	p. 79
Paula	p. 87
Of Children and Books	p. 99
Aphrodite	p. 107
For Love	p. 113
Muses, Angels, and Demons	p. 127
Writing for the World	p. 135
Success	p. 139
Today	p. 149
Writing	p. 155
Daughter of Fortune	p. 169
Portrait in Sepia	p. 179
Chronology	p. 197
Notes	p. 201
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