Paula Gramage
asked
Isabel Allende:
En tu novela autobiográfica Paula y en La casa de los espíritus está presente el realismo mágico. Muchos personajes son reales o estan inspirados en personas de tu vida. En qué te basas para encontrar un elemento mágico que los represente? Son metáforas de la conexión personal con ellos, un elemento capaz de representar su esencia, la que tu percibes de ellos? .
Isabel Allende
El personaje de Clara del Valle en la Casa de los Espíritus, la abuela clarividente que llamaba a los espíritus, está basado en mi abuela, que era una mujer mágica. Ella me enseñó que el mundo es misterioso y hay muchas dimensiones de la realidad que no podemos percibir con nuestros limitados cinco sentidos, pero podemos intuir e imaginar. Esa idea del misterio que nos rodea me ha acompañado siempre; creo que enriquece mi vida y mi escritura. A veces en mis novelas uso elementos de realismo mágico como metáfora, pero otras veces se ajusta a la realidad de los personajes. Por ejemplo, en La isla Bajo el Mar, el personaje de Zarité, una esclava en Haití, en alguna ocasiones es "montada" por sus loas (dioses) y cae en trance. Esto se ve en varias religiones: animismo, vudú, cadomblé, etc.
The character of Clara del Valle, the clairvoyant grandmother who talked to spirits, in The House of the Spirits, is modeled after my grandmother, who was a magical woman. She taught me that the world is a very mysterious place and there are several dimensions of reality that we cannot perceive with ur limited five senses, but we can feel them with intuition and imagination. The idea that mystery is all around us has been with me always it enriches my life and my writing. Sometimes in my novels I use elements of magical realism as metaphors, pero other times it is part fo the characters reality.
The character of Clara del Valle, the clairvoyant grandmother who talked to spirits, in The House of the Spirits, is modeled after my grandmother, who was a magical woman. She taught me that the world is a very mysterious place and there are several dimensions of reality that we cannot perceive with ur limited five senses, but we can feel them with intuition and imagination. The idea that mystery is all around us has been with me always it enriches my life and my writing. Sometimes in my novels I use elements of magical realism as metaphors, pero other times it is part fo the characters reality.
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Pam
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Isabel Allende:
Do you review the translations of your books? If so, do they ever get your intent wrong?
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