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The following evening after dinner, again I locked myself in the kitchen to write. What were you doing? my husband mumbled.Īnd indeed, magic it was.

Who was Barrabas, why did he come by sea? I didn't have the foggiest idea, but I continued writing like a maniac until dawn, when exhaustion defeated me and I crawled to my bed. I wrote the first sentence in trance: Barrabas came to us by sea. Upon learning that her 99-year-old grandfather was on his deathbed in Chile and unable to return to his side because of her status as a political exile, Allende began writing him what she has called "a spiritual letter." According to Allende, she entered a trance while writing and let her imagination consume her: After spending many years as a journalist, television, and theater writer in Chile and Venezuela, Allende fell into sync with the intelligent, mystical style of fiction writing that would ultimately guide her career.

Allende is repped by Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells, Writers House, and WME.The House of the Spirits ( La Casa de los Espíritus) marked Isabel Allende's novelistic debut and the advent of her status as an internationally best-selling author. Urrejola is repped by APA and Vision Entertainment. Alegría is repped by Grandview and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. Longoria is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Jackoway Austen. Fernanda and I are beyond excited to be developing this series with our wonderful producers at FilmNation and to have the exceptional Eva Longoria starring as Blanca.”Īllende, who hails from Chile, is credited as the most widely read Spanish-language author with more than 20 books released throughout her career. Isabel was ahead of her time, just like the female protagonists of the story, and I feel that today, 40 years later, we can actually understand and integrate the deeply complex threads of their powerful lineage. I am a devout admirer of her work and her as an artist, and this novel is such a fundamental piece of Latin American culture. Tom Hiddleston & Mark Hamill To Star In Stephen King Adaptation 'The Life Of Chuck' For Director Mike Flanagan FilmNation Launches Hot Project For Cannes MarketĪdded Alegría, “It’s an honor to be adapting Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits.