Isabel Allende: ‘I have been displaced most of my life’
by Isabel Allende from World news | The Guardian on (#5W1GM)
The Chilean American author on the allure of Arabian Nights, the inspiration of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the heartbreak of Jack London
My earliest reading memory
When I started reading, age five, an uncle gave me a book of Nordic fairytales with illustrations of princesses in furs, bears, ice and snow. I was fascinated. I had never seen snow.
My favourite book growing up
I was 10 when I read (many times) The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Sled dog Buck's ordeals broke my heart. I am a crazy animal lover.