Exclusive Interview with Novelist Isabel Allende | Lonely Planet
Exploring Chile with Isabel Allende Magic, mysticism, and inspiring contradictions seem to surround Isabel Allende. She is arguably Chile’s most famous living writer; however, she doesn’t reside permanently in her homeland. Instead, she continues her exile that began after Salvador Allende’s removal from office in the 1973 coup d’état. Her relationship with the socialist president—he…