书目

My Invented Country: A Memoir[我创造的国家]

内容简介

ThelifestoryofIsabelAllende-oneoftheworld'sfavouritewriters-isasexotic,passionateandinspiringasoneofhernovels.Justthreewhenherparentsdivorced,IsabelAllendewasraisedinhergrandparents'homeinChile.Sheleftschoolat16;andmarriedMiguelFríasat19.Shethenjuggledherworkasajournalist,editor,advicecolumnistandtelevisioninterviewerwithlookingafterhertwochildren.ButwhenhercousintheChileanpresidentSalvadorAllendewasassassinatedin1973inPinochet'sright-wingmilitarycoup,herlifechangedprofoundly.ItwastoodangeroustostayinChile;andshe,herhusband,andtheirtwochildrenfledtoVenezuela.Duringherimpoverishedexile,shestartedwriting‘TheHouseoftheSpirits.

作者简介

IsabelAllendewasbornin1942,andisthenieceofSalvadorAllende,whowentontobecomefamousastheelectedPresidentofChiledeposedinaCIA-backedcoup.Sheworkedasajournalist,playwrightandchildren’swriterinChileuntil1974andtheninVenezuelauntil1984.Herfirstnovelforadults,TheHouseoftheSpirits,waspublishedinSpanishin1982,beginninglifeasalettertoherdyinggrandfather.Itwasaninternationalsensation,andeversinceallherbookshavebeenacclaimedandadoredinnumberlesstranslationsworldwide.

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