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Authors: Isabel Allende
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ISABEL ALLENDE
is the bestselling author of twelve works of fiction, four memoirs, and three young adult novels, which have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages, with more than fifty-seven million copies sold. In 2004, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in 2012. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.
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“Charming and entertaining. . . . Some of the loveliest writing is about her maternal grandfather . . . the picture of him that she creates in these pages is full-bodied and affecting.”
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New York Times Book Review
“Isabel Allende [is] surely one of the most graceful and yet haunting writers alive.”
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
“At every bend, [Allende] delights us with unexpected humor.”
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Queer and colorful anecdotes of the Allende clan, many of which will be familiar to loyal readers of Allende's work, succeed in making
My Invented Country
come alive. . . . Magnificent tales of life in the old country.”
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Chicago Tribune
“Marvelous. . . . Allende's love for Chile is so evident and eloquent that many readers will consider packing their bags and booking the next flight to Santiago.”
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BookPage
“This is an interior travelogue, not so much a trip through Chile as a trip through this supreme storyteller's memory of it. . . . Allende's ribald sense of humor, her bite, her self-deprecation, and her sense of the absurd are in fine form here.”
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Rocky Mountain News
“[
My Invented Country
] is like a painting, a collage of stories and images infused with the same magic, politics, and poetry of her fiction. . . . It is a fascinating insight into the mind of Allende, full of humor and passion.”
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Globe and Mail
“A delicious exploration.”
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Orlando Sentinel
“Offers a moving portrait of [Allende's] native Chile and, by looking back on her youth, family, and country's history, considers how Chile has shaped her writing.”
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Library Journal
“Poignant. . . . Allende's keen intelligence and lively prose keep readers wishing for more.”
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San Diego Union-Tribune
“Dazzling as a kaleidoscope: an artful tumbling and knocking that throws light and reveals strange depths.”
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Kirkus Reviews
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
OF LOVE AND SHADOWS
EVA LUNA
THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA
APHRODITE: A MEMOIR OF THE SENSES
First published as
Mi PaÃs Inventado
in Spain in 2003 by Areté.
The first U.S. edition of this book was published in 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers.
M
Y INVENTED COUNTRY
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First Perennial edition published 2004.
The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows: Allende, Isabel.
[Mi paÃs inventado. English]
My invented country: a nostalgic journey through Chile / by Isabel Allende; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.â1st ed.
p.  cm.
ISBN 0-06-054564-X
1. Allende, Isabel. 2. ChileâHistoryâCoup d'état, 1973. 3. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. 4. Authors, Chileanâ20th centuryâBiography. I. Peden, Margaret Sayers. II. Title.
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ISBN 0-06-054567-4 (pbk.)
EPub Edition March 2014 ISBN 9780062254443
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