
1997 Longlist
Paula
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Written as an exorcism of death, Allende explores the past and questions the gods. The result is a magical book that carries the reader from tears to laughter, from terror to sensuality and wisdom. The glorious characters of Allende’s fiction—clairvoyants, revolutionaries, and, most of all, the questing woman who makes her way through storytelling—populate this autobiography, which ranks as one of Allende’s finest works. In Paula we understand that the miraculous world of The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna is the world Isabel Allende inhabits—it is her enchanted reality.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Margaret
Sayers Peden
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
Chile; United States
Original Language
Spanish
Publisher
Harper Collins USA
Translator
Margaret Sayers Peden