Isabel Allende returns with a historical novel

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REFORMA Group
Mexico City (May 5, 2025) - 4:30 p.m.



"My Name Is Emilia del Valle," Isabel Allende's latest novel, will be available in Spanish starting May 20. Credit: Eric Risberg / AP File


Published by Plaza y Janés, the novel is set during the 1891 Chilean civil war. Credit: Ballantine via AP
My Name is Emilia del Valle , Isabel Allende 's new novel, is rooted in a historical episode from her native Chile, which the author uses to situate the journey of an American journalist in search of her origins.
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