Listen to past City Arts & Lectures programs Nov 13, 2009
The other day, Dr. Charles B. Faulhaber, director of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, had an urge to hear the sonorous Chilean accent of the author Isabel Allende ... Listen to past City Arts res programs Articles The other day, Dr. Charles B. Faulhaber, director of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, had an urge to hear the sonorous Chilean accent of the author Isabel Allende. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Writers on a New England Stage presents Isabel Allende Oct 21, 2009
" Live music will be performed by the award-winning house band Dreadnaught. The live show will be rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio. Tickets for the evening will go on sale to Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio members on Saturday, November 7, at noon. The general public can purchase beginning Saturday, November 21. Autographed copies of ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA can be reserved for $24.29, discounted from the retail price of $26.99 when purchased in advance. "Since we began the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
High schools diversify their literature Oct 11, 2009
Khaled Hosseinis The Kite Runner was dubbed an unforgettable story by writer Isabel Allende. These titles, which are well known for either their recent film adaptations or appearances on best-seller lists, are also finding a place in high school English classrooms. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
From the Editor: Opinion editor takes humor, smarts to Ohio Jun 16, 2009
Some of them: Amy Tan, Tom Robbins, Frank McCourt, David Guterson, Isabel Allende, Anne Patchett, John Lescroart, Michael Chabon, Frances Mayes, Maxine Hong Kingston, James Rollins and Harlan Coben. On Thursday, Alice Hoffman will be the featured BBC author (6 p.m. at Borders on Fair Oaks Boulevard; call (916) 321-1128 for more information). (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle Jun 1, 2009
Edward Kennedy's memoir "True Compass" to Pat Conroy's "South of Broad." One of the Spanish-language market's most popular authors, Isabel Allende, has written "La Isla Bajo el Mar" ("The Island Below the Sea"), which will be available only in Spanish at first. Other highlights included new nonfiction from Jon Krakauer, Malcolm Gladwell, Tracy Kidder and Barack Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe. (Anchorage Daily News)
Book gets sales boost from Chavez, Obama Apr 20, 2009
Novelist Isabel Allende describes the book's enduring appeal as politically charged history with an intimate touch: Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in the midst of the worst kind of despoliation. Persecution of Mr. Galeano by right-wing dictatorships of the 1970s and '80s helped cement the author's reputation as a voice of Latin America's dispossessed. (Globe and Mail)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
The academy has welcomed popular writers such as Garrison Keillor and Isabel Allende, but not "genre" writers. No science fiction, crime or horror authors have been voted in, not Elmore Leonard or James Ellroy, not even Ray Bradbury or Stephen King, both of whom have received honorary National Book Award medals. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A tumultuous and supernatural family saga Mar 10, 2009
But somewhere between Isabel Allende's acclaimed novel and the screen, the story's vibrant magical realism fell away ... Complete Coverage: Isabel Allende. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
• Gooding Public Library has new books and videos Feb 24, 2009
Books on CD: "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, "Zorro" by Isabel Allende. Videos: "Timecop," "Universal Soldier," "Street Fighter," "Nowhere to Run," "Maximum Risk: The Other Side of Safe," "Double Team," "Death Warrant," "The Quest," "Hard Target," "Double Impact," "Black Eagle," "Legionnaire.". (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Staging the magic of Isabel Allende Feb 18, 2009
Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Nelson Landrieu, Selenis Leyva and Denise Quiones (background) in a scene from "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende ... At first glance Isabel Allende's novel "The House of the Spirits" would not seem a natural candidate for adaptation to the stage, despite its resemblance to the sprawling multigenerational family sagas often found in O'Neill and Chekhov ... "I've translated some of my own plays into Spanish, but this was a different process. It's my... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
