Displacement in Isabel Allende's Fiction, 1982-2000

This book explores the concept of displacement in the fiction produced by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende between 1982 and 2000. Close readings of her texts reconcile two apparently contradictory trends in her writing: as the settings of her fiction have become more international, questions of individual identity have gained in importance.

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Mel Boland is a lecturer in Spanish and linguistics at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he is also director of the MA in translation studies. He previously worked as a senior tutor in Spanish and linguistics at University College Dublin. He has published on Isabel Allende and on the intersection of language and education policy in Bolivia.

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Contents: An Introduction to Displacement in Isabel Allende's Fiction - Local Development and Displacement: Esteban Trueba's Experiences in Las Tres Marías in La casa de los espíritus - Appearance, Disappearance and Displacement: A Carnivalesque Reading of De amor y de sombre - Displacing Language: Secondary Orality and Silence in Eva Luna and Cuentos de Eva Luna - Cultural Displacement in El plan infinito, Hija de la fortuna and Retrato en sepia.