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Isabel Allende: Maya's Notebook
A troubled teen who seeks refuge from the demon of addiction is also a symbol for a host of social ills in post-socialist Chile and present-day America.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 28m ListenIsabel Allende wrote her latest novel as an "exorcism." The heroine of
(Harper) is a troubled teenager, who seeks refuge from the demon of addiction on a remote Chilean island, but she is also a symbol: for a host of social ills in post-socialist Chile and present-day America. Allende discusses the literature (and folklore) of the exile, the family, and the addict.
Banner image: Larry Hirshowitz
