Isabel Allende, a Latin American writer, escaped her own assassination twice and witnessed the destruction of her own family by her home country, Venezuela. Supporters of a military coup during the 1970s turned their hatred and anger toward the family, destroying their property and ultimately destroying their lives. These experiences kept Isabel Allende very close to her family, although she later found herself in emotional shock after the deaths of family members and replaced her grief with writing. In the midst of her life, Isabel Allende was inspired by the changes in her lifestyle during the Pinochet dictatorship and the death of her grandfather and daughter to write novels such as Paula, The House of the Spirits and The City of Beasts. childhood displaced until the 1973 military coup in Venezuela. At an early age, Allende's father, Tomas Allende, left Isabel's (Rodden) home and mother. The separation between Allende's father and mother had no impact on her, but Allende's mother later remarried to diplomat Ramon Huidobro, which complicated Allende's life. As a diplomat, Huidobro took his family wherever he worked, including Lebanon, Bolivia and Chile until 1966 (Guardian). As Allende moved from country to country, he was unable to maintain a stable relationship with anyone outside his family, and the changing environments only confused and tortured Allende. This shift created many plots and settings for his novels, especially in the City of Beasts where the character gave the impression of being out of place. These emotions of loneliness and separation are integrated into Allende's writing style. The 1973 military coup demonstrated the evils of Pi coming... middle of paper... Isabel Allende." University of Texas. JSTOR http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla /9901.htmlThis article is an interview between John Rodden and Isabel Allende explaining the origins of her bestselling novels Paula and The House of Spirits Rodden explains Allende's down-to-earth and approachable character and how January 8th had a superstitious meaning. Allende talks about the amount of pain he felt when his daughter died. John Rodden is a biographical writer who had the experience of interviewing other famous writers such as George Orwell George Orwell, although Rodden has a history of writing articles for many North American universities. Some points I want to include in my writings from this source are the specific details of Allende's state of mind while writing his book. second novel, Paula.