My Invented Country [electronic resource] : A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Isabel Allende2020
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A highly personal memoir of exile and homeland by bestselling author Isabel
Allende
In My Invented Country Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her
country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and
indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth and magic of her homeland
that she carries with her even today.
The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her
uncle, Salvador Allende Gossens, on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and
transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth from Allende
an overdue acknowledgment that she had indeed left home. My Invented Country,
whose structure mimics the workings of memory itself, ranges back and forth
across that distance accrued between the author's past and present lives. It
speaks compellingly to immigrants, and to all of us, who try to retain a
coher...
Main title:
Author:
Isabel Allende, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperVia, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (224 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780063049680
Language:
English
BRN:
446842
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |