Isabel Allende in general

Chillean writer Isabel Allende is perhaps one of the most captivating and riveting writers today. A genius in magical realism, her work is fantastical, and touchingly human, mixing the folklore of traditional peoples with the horror of tyranical regiems. House of the Spirits - this is a wonderful text following three generations of women - Clara, Alba and Blanca - their loves, men and struggle for survival under a troubling regiem is brought to life with much vigour and a keen sense of wonder. Eva Luna - the tale of a girl born in a house full of mummies, who uses papier mache to rescue political prisonners.... in many ways the most fantastical of Allende's ...