My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

Title: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile Author: Isabel Allende ISBN: 9780060545642 Publisher: HarperVia Published: 2003 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Publisher Description: A highly personal memoir of exile and homeland by bestselling author Isabel AllendeIn My Invented Country Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today. The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her uncle, Salvador Allende Gossens, on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth from Allende an overdue acknowledgment that she had indeed left home. My Invented