Our journeys have led us from fantasy to spirituality, heading straight toward magic. Ever since I read The House of the Spirits in college, I’ve had a thing for magical realism. So a visit with Isabel Allende in Chile will be the first stop on our magical realism tour of the world.

Although she never mentions her home country in the novel, we can still imagine the landscape of Chile and understand its political history through her story. We see beaches and country homes, mountains and gold mines, and a narrowing gap between the haves and the have nots.

Dogs emerge from the sea, a beauty with glowing green hair tempts men even after death, and our beloved Clara sees miraculous visions that we never think to question. The spirits are lively in the land of Chile.

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