![]() ![]() ![]() The first-person narrative is addressed to Camilo, obviously a younger man with close family connections, whom we soon learn, through her asides to him, is her grandson, 50 years her junior. Her knowledge of South American society in the 20th century rings true at all levels, urban and rural. She herself was born in Peru, bought up in Chile, and spent part of her early married life as a political exile in Venezuela. Her great strength is to give priority to the matriarchs, the world of women which is so often overlooked by male writers.Īllende sets her story in an un-named South American country that could be Peru, Chile, or Venezuela. Allende’s work is a curious mix of high romanticism and social realism, conventional storytelling against a realistic socio-historical background. ![]()
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