Assignment 1. Get to Know Me:)

• Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros and Tomás Allende; the Chilean ambassador to Peru. 
• Allende's books have since become known for their vivid storytelling. Although Allende is often lumped together with the literary style of magical realism, her works often display elements of post-Boom literature, and as such her style cannot be described as purely adhering to magical realism.\
• Literary Works
• The House of the Spirits
• Ines of my Soul
• The Stories of Eva Luna
• Daughter of Fortune
• Of Love and Shadows
• The Island Beneath the Sea
• Her 1995 work, Paula, is based on the extended coma and death of her daughter in 1992.
• Often described as one of the first women to enter the male-dominated Latin-American literary scene, Allende is widely credited with launching the post-"Boom" era in South and Central America with the publication of The House of the Spirits.
• Much of the critical analysis of Allende's work has been devoted to studying her feminist perspective and her focus on marginalized people in society: women, homosexuals, blacks, and Hispanics.