I wanted to describe this exuberant country that I was falling in love with," Allende said. Many of the anecdotes in Eva Luna are from Elsa Morales' life. Though her 1987 novel Eva Luna is set in an unnamed Latin American country, Allende says it was inspired by her time living in Venezuela, and her friendship with a young artist named Elsa Morales. If you open your heart and your mind, your heart is enriched by everything we cannot explain and control, but we see the evidence," Allende says. "I grew up with the idea that the world is a very mysterious place, and there are many dimensions of reality. Her grandmother conducted seances and was widely considered to be clairvoyant-just like Clara del Valle Trueba in The House of the Spirits. For all its inexplicable miracles, The House of the Spirits is grounded in Allende's family history. Throughout the "Behind the Book" video, Allende opens up about the real people who inspired some of her most beloved titles. "Because you have common sense," she told him. She recalls the time her stepfather asked why he didn't show up in her novels. They don't make good characters of books," Allende says.
"I'm not interested in people who have easy lives. Reflecting on her historic career, Allende identified the trait that all of her characters share: They're prone to making interesting decisions-not necessarily good ones. They are all around," Allende, 78, says in a video created by her U.S. "Those strong women? I don't make them up. She's best known for her tales of strong (and occasionally supernatural) women, including the famous Truebas of The House of the Spirits. With 24 books that have sold over 70 million copies, Allende is considered the most widely-read Spanish language author alive. Throughout her decades-spanning career as a writer, Allende has been working her own kind of magic-of the storytelling variety, of course. 8 Books by Latinx Authors to Read Right Now.
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