By — Molly Finnegan Molly Finnegan Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/conversation-isabel-allende Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Conversation: Isabel Allende Arts May 21, 2010 3:17 PM EDT ‘Island Beneath the Sea’ is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time: Haiti and New Orleans. Author Isabel Allende has been an international best-selling writer since the 1982 publication of “The House of Spirits.” She joined me in our studio to discuss her new novel: By — Molly Finnegan Molly Finnegan
‘Island Beneath the Sea’ is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time: Haiti and New Orleans. Author Isabel Allende has been an international best-selling writer since the 1982 publication of “The House of Spirits.” She joined me in our studio to discuss her new novel: