Together with fiction, she also included her own life in her writing with many memoirs which include Paula which was released in 1995 and My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile which was released in 2003.

In both 20, she released Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies respectively For young readers. Isabel Allende, due to urging by her grandchildren, wrote her 1st book for the young adults, City of the Beasts. Her writing style could be described to be full of magic realism, which makes use myth and fantasy override place and time. Some of Isabel’s great novels include Love and Shadows released in 1987, The Infinite Plan which was released in 1993, Daughter of Fortune in 1999 and Zorro which was released in 2005. The novel was released as a film in the United States in 1994 Based on the memories of her family and political changes in her country, the novel describes the political and personal conflicts of many generations of a family that lived in a Latin American country. The novel was a great success as it became a best seller in West Germany an in Spain. Isabel was inspired to write her first novel, The House of the Spirits in 1982. Even though she had stabilized her successful journalist career in Chile, she found it hard to get a similar job in Venezuela.

She, however, later discovered that her stay in Chile was too dangerous and this made her flee to Venezuela together with her husband and two children. Initially she didn’t believe that the new government would last. The assassination of her uncle, the Chilean president Salvador Allende, in 1973 during the military take-over of the Chile government, Isabel’s life greatly changed. In addition she worked as a television interviewer and newscaster. She Later became an editor, a journalist as well as an advice columnist for the Paula magazine. While in Santiago, Allende worked in the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization as a secretary for many years. Three years after her graduation, she got married to her 1st husband Miguel Frías who was an engineer. At age 16, Allende graduated from a private high school. The house was full with books which she was allowed to read.

All these made a lasting impression on Isabel. Her grandmother had an interest in fortune-telling and astrology. In Santiago, Chile she was raised in the home of her grandparents. Isabel moved to Santiago with her mother after the divorce. Isabel’s parents, Tomás who was government representative of Chile and Francisca Llona Barros divorced when she was only three. Isabel Allende was born on 2nd August 1942 in Lima, Peru.

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