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Mujeres del alma mía / The Soul of a Woman: Sobre el amor impaciente, la vida larga y las brujas buenas Paperback – Jan. 3 2079
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Isabel Allende bucea en su memoria y nos ofrece un emocionante libro sobre su relación con el feminismo y el hecho de ser mujer, al tiempo que reivindica que la vida adulta hay que vivirla, sentirla y gozarla con plena intensidad.
En Mujeres del alma mía la gran autora chilena nos invita a acompañarla en este viaje personal y emocional donde repasa su vinculación con el feminismo desde la infancia hasta hoy. Recuerda a algunas mujeres imprescindibles en su vida, como sus añoradas Panchita, Paula o la agente Carmen Balcells; a escritoras relevantes como Virginia Woolf o Margaret Atwood; a jóvenes artistas que aglutinan la rebeldía de su generación o, entre otras muchas, a esas mujeres anónimas que han sufrido la violencia y que llenas de dignidad y coraje se levantan y avanzan... Ellas son las que tanto le inspiran y tanto le han acompañado a lo largo de su vida: sus mujeres del alma.
Finalmente, reflexiona también sobre el movimiento #MeToo —que apoya y celebra—, sobre las recientes revueltas sociales en su país de origen y, cómo no, sobre la nueva situación que globalmente estamos viviendo con la pandemia. Todo ello sin perder esa inconfundible pasión por la vida y por insistir en que, más allá́ de la edad, siempre hay tiempo para el amor.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman, from one of the leading voices in Latin American literature, Isabel Allende.
English edition: THE SOUL OF A WOMAN, by Isabel Allende [Ballantine Books, 3/2/2021]
"When I say that I was feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating," begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without "resources or voice." Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn't have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960's, she rode the first wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, she for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote "with a knife between their teeth" about women's issues. She has seen what has been accomplished by the feminist movement in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality.
So, what do women want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will "light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished."
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageSpanish
- PublisherVintage Espanol
- Publication dateJan. 3 2079
- ISBN-100593313755
- ISBN-13978-0593313756

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About the Author
Inició su carrera literaria en el periodismo, en Chile y en Venezuela. En 1982 su primera novela, La casa de los espíritus, se convirtió en uno de los títulos míticos de la literatura latinoamericana. A ella le siguieron otros muchos, todos los cuales han sido éxitos internacionales. Su obra ha sido traducida a cuarenta idiomas y ha vendido más de setenta millones de ejemplares, siendo la escritora más leída en lengua española. Ha recibido más de sesenta premios internacionales, entre ellos el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile en 2010, el Premio Hans Christian Andersen en Dinamarca, en 2012, por su trilogía “Memorias del Águila y del Jaguar” y la Medalla de la Libertad en Estados Unidos, la más alta distinción civil, en 2014. En 2018, Isabel Allende se convirtió en la primera escritora en lengua española premiada con la medalla de honor del National Book Award, en Estados Unidos, por su gran aporte al mundo de las letras.
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Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including La casa de los espiritus, Eva Luna, Cuentos de Eva Luna, De amor y de sombra, Paula and El amante japones. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
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- Publisher : Vintage Espanol
- Publication date : Jan. 3 2079
- Language : Spanish
- Print length : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593313755
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593313756
- Item weight : 368 g
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About the author

Isabel Allende is one of the most widely read authors in the world, having sold more than seventy-seven million books. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Since then, she has authored more than twenty-six bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including Daughter of Fortune, Island Beneath the Sea, Paula, and The Wind Knows My Name.
In 1996, following the death of her daughter, Paula, Allende established a charitable foundation in her honor. The foundation has awarded grants to more than one hundred nonprofits worldwide, delivering life-changing care to hundreds of thousands of women and girls.
In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Allende the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and in 2018 she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. Allende lives in California.
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- Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2025Verified PurchaseGood
- Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2022Verified PurchaseIn my opinion, Wisdom is the word that better describe this book
- Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2021Verified PurchaseHe leído todos los libros de Isabel Allende. Me gusta mucho como escribe. Tiene sentido de humor y tiene mucho sentido común. Me gustó ver que es lo que está haciendo para mejorar la situación de la mujer. El entendimiento del problema no es nuevo para mí por haber trabajado en un refugio de mujeres ablusadas por casi 20 años. Eso para mí fue un poco repetitivo debido a mi trabajo.
La vida de Isabel Allende y como la cuenta me fascina porque tenemos mucho en común y hemos vivido en lugares increíblemente violentos. Si bien me gustan mucho todos sus libros, para mí La Casa de Los Espíritus y Paula fueron muy especiales. Espero mucho su próximo libro.
- Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2021Verified PurchaseExelent book,like always does Isabel Allende, only one problem to small for mi.
- Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2021Verified PurchaseBought it as a gift for my mom. She enjoyed it a lot
- Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2021Verified PurchaseFALTA ORIGINALIDAD, MAS DE LOS MISMO. NO SE COMPARA CON LAS NOVELAS. Creo que ella es mas novelista que ensayista.
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JLReviewed in France on January 22, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars clasico de la literatura latino hispanoamericana
Verified Purchasemaravilloso, como todos los libros de Isabel Allende.
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Marta Maria Nobre De JesusReviewed in Brazil on June 14, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom
Verified PurchaseA escritora foi muito inteligente ao desenvolver um tema sobre feminismo onde sua própria experiência vem de uma realidade onde sua família era de mulheres submissa mais muito perspicaz na maneira de lidar com essa diferença.
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CarmenReviewed in Italy on August 20, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Recuerdos
Verified PurchaseUn libro interesante, enfrenta el tema del feminismo, de la violencia hacia las mujeres y del aborto sin mostrarse extremista
Su manera de escribir me lleva de regreso a mi infancia y a mi juventud, también yo soy una eterna extranjera
Léanlo, jóvenes o "diversamente jóvenes" como me dice mi hijo
Buena lectura
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CReviewed in Japan on January 29, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Amé este libro
Verified PurchaseLectura fácil, lo disfruté mucho