With 25 best-selling novels and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, it is no secret that Isabel Allende is a literary tour de force. Her latest work, “Violeta,” gives her fans many of the hallmarks they ...

Imagine at the age of 100 chronicling your life amidst the turmoil and tumult of the last century, having witnessed not just your personal highs and lows but also those of humanity. It's a daunting ...

In a scene from the film Violeta Went to Heaven, the Chilean singer Violeta Parra (played by Francisca Gavilán) walks through the countryside with her son Angel in search of a woman whose songs she ...

MIAMI — Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began, Isabel Allende suffered one of the greatest losses of her life: The death of her mother. On Tuesday, the Chilean author published “Violeta”, a ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Gabriela Garcia VIOLETA By Isabel Allende Translated by Frances Riddle “In this country there are ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Latin America’s first elected female president whose stunning victory at the polls in 1990 helped bring an end to eight years of a civil war in Nicaragua that involved the ...

On a Saturday evening earlier this year, Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba and her former bandmates took the stage at Santa Monica’s Church in Ocean Park to perform a tribute to the mid-20th ...