A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics. You can always move forward, cross a border of a state or a city or a county, and move West, most of the time West. 0000003355 00000 n In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. Feminism is dated? Every life of a character is within a context. Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. �C�-�$�4�V�?���tH#D�x��q�I��E��/$U}�]?C�F��]�l�i��p�k��6ۛ���o3�^%T�,ӌC��Q$�����َ\��-X����j47�p@7C From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information, to research, and above all, to use language as efficiently as possible and to remember always that there is a reader out there. 0000011564 00000 n But most of all, I write because I love it! I want to tell my life with big adjectives. Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. Sharing our pain is very healing. I am an American citizen and it is my home now. 0000470698 00000 n From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information, to research, and above all, to use language as efficiently as possible and to remember always that there is a reader out there. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction. All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. I choose what to tell and what to omit. A woman who cooks is not that sexy. Because of Paula, I don't cling to anything anymore. Everything I write has to be connected to my life. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome. I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. I want to have an epic life. Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. 0000001469 00000 n I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences. It would never happen in Chile. I want to have an epic life. A memoir is my version of events. In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. 0000021530 00000 n Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? 0000013503 00000 n The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. 0000035693 00000 n 0000045728 00000 n The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. Now I like to give much more than to receive. I don't want an uneventful and safe life, I prefer an adventurous one. I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction. %PDF-1.4 %���� H��W;��6��*�"E��d ӤxSd�M�!%�^�.���H���!-%ɐ랩�r��6e#�Ոjn��G$i',u^�S�z�# �F*}^w�R�`M�ԋ�8-��q�HR�[S��Ҝ��%�2.�TDK�bD�6��e#�Z*�gנp%��x�@�7O�JK&��S��=).���@\�_�X+3ͩ�j�{ʰ�@8�m������k8Ӱ�@:lڒ�+V�KT�~�}����g�.��� �:u_� �'�K��/�7H�ݑS//-��xi��ˎ�����7hy� ���1A�Gy�K�^ U���_=��}_�s-�� dҊx(�fd���e�v�d+x������ Y�J.�7���*Œ�H�0�q_Mj^@sT^��Ľ�R�h��@� w�yf��ިr�!�뭐d�*/��Krj�(��\U�P�fЮ? All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. 0000003748 00000 n 0000048117 00000 n From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap opera where everybody is indoors, not working and living off their emotions. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. ;3@m��v��Ry�aDU��1*(��fWTQ�H��`�>=�~#�R�aB�U��� �HM�>�xٓ�yHH9�k��A����Rr������v ������'9� J^B���&��Et(=�IL��Wv���N�� � 0 �� endstream endobj 278 0 obj <>stream All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics. ��E y! A memoir is my version of events. Everything I write has to be connected to my life. I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked since Bush. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. Loving them is my joy. 0000045910 00000 n If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it's true. Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed. In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. 0000017250 00000 n I read books in my bedroom, where I have a comfortable couch, a lamp and two dogs to keep me warm. I read books in my bedroom, where I have a comfortable couch, a lamp and two dogs to keep me warm. 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The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La casa de los espíritus) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. A man who cooks is very sexy. My perspective. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. 0000046372 00000 n Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. 0000456034 00000 n h�bb�g`b``Ń3� ���@� � endstream endobj 271 0 obj <>/Metadata 35 0 R/Pages 34 0 R/StructTreeRoot 37 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 272 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89]/Type/Page>> endobj 273 0 obj <> endobj 274 0 obj <> endobj 275 0 obj <> endobj 276 0 obj <>stream In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders. Chile was such a solid democracy. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. "Clarisa." What I fear most is power with impunity. 0000487535 00000 n I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. I choose what to tell and what to omit. Quotations by Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer, Born August 2, 1942. Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap opera where everybody is indoors, not working and living off their emotions. Her best-known works include the novels The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, Paula, Maya’s notebook. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks. I want to forget all the grays in between, and remember the highlights and the dark moments. I am an American citizen and it is my home now. It became an instant best seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom.
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