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Isabel Allende

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in Lima, Peru

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda

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Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. She currently resides in California with her husband. Allende adopted U.S. citizenship in 2003.

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	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author), Magda Bogin (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 321,624 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of Fortune 3.95 avg rating — 140,864 ratings — published 1998 — 214 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author), Nick Caistor (Translator), Amanda Hopkinson (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 114,396 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violeta 4.03 avg rating — 107,859 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Japanese Lover 3.89 avg rating — 97,052 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author), Francis Riddle (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 62,129 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paula 4.23 avg rating — 57,439 ratings — published 1994 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eva Luna 4.01 avg rating — 59,462 ratings — published 1987 — 225 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 46,674 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Midst of Winter 3.72 avg rating — 50,543 ratings — published 2017 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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On Feb 12th we will have a group discussion for Ripper. You can see more details here.

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Series by Isabel Allende

Trilogía Involuntaria (3 books)
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author),

Magda Bogin (Translator)

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Las memorias del Águila y del Jaguar (3 books)
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author),

Margaret Sayers Peden

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Perla (2 books)
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author),

Sandy Rodriguez (Goodreads Author) (illustrator)

3.82 avg rating — 365 ratings

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Quotes by Isabel Allende (?)

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
― Isabel Allende

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“Write what should not be forgotten.”
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“The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
― Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts

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What is your second choice the next 12 months of book club schedule?

Independent People — Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Iceland)

3 votes, 37.5%

Snow — Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)

1 vote, 12.5%

The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera (Prague)

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1 vote, 12.5%

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1 vote, 12.5%

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1 vote, 12.5%

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0 votes, 0.0%

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0 votes, 0.0%

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0 votes, 0.0%

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0 votes, 0.0%

Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov (Russia)

0 votes, 0.0%

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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family — Thomas Mann (Germany)

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Gulliver's Travels — Jonathan Swift (shipwreck)

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Brazilian Adventure — Peter Fleming (Brazil)

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And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America — Rosario Santos (Central America, short stories)

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The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey — Salman Rushdie (Nicaragua)

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Under the Glacier — Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Iceland)

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