y de Sombra reflect her own experiences and examine the role of women in Latin America.
Her first non-fiction work, Paula, was written as a letter to her daughter, who, afflicted with a hereditary blood disease, had fallen into a coma. Her early works such as Cuentos de Eva Luna and De Amor y de Sombra reflect her own experiences and examine the role of women in Latin America. For 10 points—name this Chilean author, best known for her first novel, La Casa de los Espíritus [es-PEE-ree-toos], or The House of the Spirits.
Her first non-fiction work, Paula, was written as a letter to her daughter, who, afflicted with a hereditary blood disease, had fallen into a coma.
Isabel {Allende} [ah-YEN-day]