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Isabel Allende's Reading List

The author of the forthcoming novel “Maya’s Notebook” says reading Gabriel García Márquez made her want to become a writer: “I thought, ‘If this guy can do it, so can I.’ ”

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By the Book: Isabel Allende (2013)

NYT By the Book column (2013-04-04).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Death of Bees
Lisa O’Donnell · Buy on Amazon
"“The Death of Bees,” by Lisa O’Donnell, the kind of edgy, crazy and horrible story that may well happen anywhere."
One Thousand and One Nights
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"At 14, living in Lebanon, I discovered the irresistible mixture of eroticism and fantasy reading “One Thousand and One Nights” inside a closet with a flashlight."
Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1967 · Buy on Amazon
"“One Hundred Years of Solitude” made me want to become a writer. García Márquez characters resembled my own family; his voice seemed easy. I thought, “If this guy can do it, so can I.”"
Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez · Buy on Amazon
"“One Hundred Years of Solitude” made me want to become a writer. García Márquez characters resembled my own family; his voice seemed easy. I thought, “If this guy can do it, so can I.”"
Patrick Melrose novels
Edward St. Aubyn · Buy on Amazon
"I just started “The Patrick Melrose Novels,” by Edward St. Aubyn, because everyone is talking about it."

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