During months in the hospital, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious daughter. In December 1991,Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. The point of departure for these moving pages is a tragic personal experience. Paula is a soul-baring memoir, which, like a novel of suspense, one reads without drawing a breath. With Paula, Allende has written a new tour de force, a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magicaI and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.One of the most highly praised and widely read writers of fiction to come out of Latin America in this century, Isabel Allende has mesmerized readers throughout the world with her own blend of magicaI realism. Paula is a prodigious evocation and a hymn to life, written from the heart of the courageous and estimable woman who created The House of the Spirits. The result is a magical book that carries the reader from tears to laughter, from terror to sensuality and wisdom. Chile, Allende's native land, comes alive as well, with the turbulent history of the military coup of 1973, the following dictatorship and her family's years of exile.Īs an exorcism of death, in these pages Isabel Allende explores the past and questions the gods. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes, and we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers.
During hours in the hospital, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious daughter. In December 1991, Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. Paula is a soul-baring memoir one reads without drawing a breath, like a novel of suspense. One of the most popular and acclaimed Latin American authors of our century presents this unforgettable memoir, an exquisitely rendered, deeply moving mother-daughter story that doubles as her autobiography.
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