Isabel Allende in conversation with Gioconda Belli November 28, 2006

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Isabel Allende, the heir apparent to Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Isaac Bashevis Singer as the master of magical realism, gives us an epic historical novel based on a true historical character, Ines Suarez. Allende's novel, "Ines of the Soul," spans the 17th Century from Spain to the New World, & treats us to a story of the almost obsessive love, power & grand vision of Ines, who pretty much built Santiago, Chile, with her lover. Allende at her best. Gioconda Belli, author of "The Scroll of Seduction," gives us a historical & contemporary novel in one, also about obsessive love & strong women from Spain. Queen Juana the Mad of Castille (daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella) gets a new historical perspective-and it's a great read.

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