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Review title: A powerful novel set in South America
Product review: This is a very powerful novel that should be read by anyone with remote interest in South American history and culture, and Chile in particular. Yes, it is strangely similar to One Hundred Years of Solitude, but not so much that this should stop anyone from reading it. Allende has her own style, a simpler one, and generally her book is an easier read. It is not as powerful as 100 Years, yet it is a more realistic novel, and perhaps it is easier to identify with her characters. The fact that she is related to the great Chilean president Allende (killed himself in the coup that lead to Pinochet's dictatorship) makes her analysis particularly interesting, but there is no need to enjoy politics or history to appreciate her story of three generations of a family in South America, written with much of the magic realism style used so much by Marquez.
