Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Isabel Allende
Born: August 2, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful.
Known for:
- The House of the Spirits (1982)
- The Japanese Lover (2015)
- Eva Luna (1987)
- City of the Beasts (2002)
- Daughter of Fortune (1999)
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