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Isabel Allende & Magical Realism's Second Wave
Isabel Allende y la segunda ola del realismo mágico
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“Isabel Allende & Magical Realism's Second Wave” (“Isabel Allende y la segunda ola del realismo mágico” in Spanish) is a short non-fiction Spanish reading about literature. When her uncle, the Chilean president, was killed in a coup, she fled to Venezuela and started writing letters that became "The House of the Spirits."
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Opens at B2 · 1 min read · 137 words · native-recorded audio
Isabel Allende nació en Lima, Perú, en 1942. Pero su familia era chilena. Su tío, Salvador Allende, fue presidente de Chile.
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