US EditionIsabel Allende has a new novel and a message: Don’t give up
- From her residence in northern California, Isabel Allende spoke about her latest book, *My Name Is Emilia del Valle*, which was released by Ballantine on May 6, 2025.
- The novel is inspired by Chile's 1891 Civil War, which caused more deaths than the War of the Pacific and featured a progressive president who committed suicide.
- Allende connects this historical event with the 1973 Chilean coup, recalling censorship during the military takeover that led to her cousin Salvador Allende's suicide and exile.
- She urges young women to stay connected and informed against long-standing patriarchy and warns that gains won by previous generations can be lost quickly, saying, "a woman alone is very vulnerable."
- Allende sees current struggles as cyclical, acknowledges worsening conditions, but maintains optimism that society will recover, emphasizing the need to "just keep going.
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Isabel Allende has a new novel and a message: Don’t give up
Isabel Allende has been a literary legend for more than four decades. The novelist made a living with words before she turned her attention to fiction. Allende worked as a journalist in Chile until she was forced to leave the country two years after the 1973 military coup that led to the suicide of her cousin, Chilean President Salvador Allende, and the installation of Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator of the nation. She continued her work a…
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A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel
A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.” The story centers on Emilia del Valle, a young Californian journalist who…
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