Knowing by heart the way to the source of inspiration, Isabel Allende in this work he turns into the existential gibberish of maturity where we all return to what forged our identity. Something that strikes me as very natural and timely, in tune with a recent interview that I read about Isabel in which there was a sense of that point of beautiful melancholy, of longing that only in the Prose writers with Allende's lyrical gift can be sublimated in novels, autobiographies or that kind of hybrid that each one achieves when recounting his life.
For this task, the author changes one of her titles currently more in vogue thanks to the homonymous series "Inés del alma mía" and leads us to a vision in tune with that of Inés herself rediscovering the world, the new world. Because the vision of a writer must always look to new horizons, those offered by each age.
Isabel Allende dives into her memory and offers us an exciting book about her relationship with feminism and the fact of being a woman, while claiming that adult life must be lived, felt and enjoyed with full intensity.
En Women of my soul The great Chilean author invites us to accompany her on this personal and emotional journey where she reviews her connection with feminism from childhood to today. He remembers some essential women in his life, such as his long-awaited Panchita, Paula or the agent Carmen Balcells; to relevant writers such as Virginia Woolf or Margaret Atwood; to young artists who agglutinate the rebellion of their generation or, among many others, to those anonymous women who have suffered violence and who, full of dignity and courage, get up and move forward ...
They are the ones who inspire him so much and have accompanied him so much throughout his life: his women of the soul. Finally, he also reflects on the #MeToo movement -which he supports and celebrates-, on the recent social upheavals in his country of origin and, of course, on the new situation that we are experiencing globally with the pandemic. All this without losing that unmistakable passion for life and insisting that, regardless of age, there is always time for love.
You can now buy the book «Mujeres del alma mía», by Isabel Allende, here: