Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
For a century, the Trueba family's passionate, often difficult, lives unfold against political upheaval and mystical events in an unnamed Latin American country, leading to a dictatorship that reflects their own fiery spirits.
In the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush, a sheltered Chilean orphan searches for a lost love, finding her own independence among prospectors and prostitutes.
In San Francisco, a Polish heiress and a Japanese gardener's son fall in love, a secret that endures for nearly seventy years through letters and stolen moments, even as wartime internment forces them apart.
Orphaned and poor, Eva Luna tells her remarkable life story through vivid tales, changing her South American world with imagination and the diverse people she meets.
Amidst the brutal beauty and revolutionary fervor of 18th-century Saint-Domingue, a slave named Zarité navigates a life of immense hardship and unexpected love, ultimately forging an unbreakable spirit against the backdrop of a world in constant flux.
A skeptical teenager, joining his intrepid grandmother on a perilous Amazonian expedition to find a mythical Beast, instead uncovers his own inner jaguar spirit and the jungle's ancient magic alongside a native girl and her eagle guide.
In a country ruled by terror, a journalist and a photographer risk everything to expose a horrific crime, their shared pursuit of justice leading to a forbidden love that challenges a violent government.
From colonial California's haciendas to Spain's Napoleonic resistance, a young mestizo nobleman creates the masked Zorro, fighting injustice with a flash of steel and a defiant laugh.
In a hidden Himalayan kingdom, Alexander and Nadia, guided by a Buddhist monk and aided by Yetis, must find the sacred Golden Dragon statue and protect its ancient power from those who seek to exploit it.
In the plains of Kenya, Alexander and Nadia use their animal spirits to fight corruption and slavery, aiming to free the Pygmies and restore rightful leadership in their most dangerous adventure.
From the barrios of Los Angeles to the psychedelic 60s, 'The Infinite Plan' tells Gregory Reeves' story through poverty, passion, and spiritual awakening as he faces his destiny and the women who shape it.
