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 in the 1970s directed their hatred and anger at the family, destroying their property and ultimately destroying their lives. These experiences kept Isabel Allende very close to her family, although later she found herself in emotional shock after the deaths of family members and replaced her pain with writing. In mid-life, Isabel Allende was inspired by the changes in her lifestyle under the Pinochet dictatorship and the deaths of her grandfather and daughter to write novels such as Paula, The House of the Spirits and The City of Beasts. displaced childhood until the 1973 military coup in Venezuela. At a young age, Allende's father, Tomas Allende, left home and mother Isabel (Rodden). The separation between Allende's father and mother had no impact on her, but subsequently Allende's mother remarried diplomat Ramon Huidobro, which complicated her life. Allende. As a diplomat, Huidobro took the family wherever he worked, between Lebanon, Bolivia and Chile until 1966 (Guardian). Since Allende was moving from country to country, she could not maintain a stable relationship with anyone outside of her family and the changing environments only confused and tortured Allende. This displacement created many plots and settings for his novels, notably in the City of Beasts where the character gave the impression of being displaced. These emotions of loneliness and separation became integrated into Allende's writing style. The military coup of 1973 demonstrated the misdeeds of the new Pi...... middle of paper ...... Isabel Allende. University of Texas. JSTOR http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla/9901.html This article is an interview between John Rodden and Isabel Allende explaining the origins of his bestselling novels Paula and The House of Spirits. Rodden explains Allende's character as down-to-earth and open and how January 8th had superstitious significance. Allende talks about the pain she felt when her daughter died. John Rodden is a biographical writer who has had experience interviewing other famous writers like George Orwell. Most of his books are written on George Orwell, although Rodden has previously written articles for many North American universities. Some points I want to include in my writing from this source are the specific details of Allende's mental state while writing his book. second novel, Paula.