Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age
Isabel Allende: Cómo vivir con pasión, más allá de la edad
Isabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal. Full bio
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finales de sus 90 años,
cuando tenemos Medicare,
a envejecer al nacer.
de manera diferente.
que nuestra edad real,
más de 4 kilos
cuestión de actitud y salud.
por el envejecimiento
a los 60 años
para salvar jovencitas
a 12 000 chicas,
en el país.
de mi juventud,
a perder independencia,
la dependencia hiere,
hay menos sufrimiento.
mira los cambios
que lo ayudan.
que ni siquiera
vegetariano y célibe?
vanidosa como yo,
en esta cultura.
encantadora, seductora, sexy.
(Aplausos)
ruedas desde hace 6 años
accidente automovilístico.
hace surf en el mar.
y querida activista
vivo en California.
una bufanda es agradable
una cantidad limitada
con Antonio Banderas
apasionada a los 71 años.
desde hace algún tiempo,
y aburrida, finjo.
por intentarlo.
un gran momento.
o sea muy pobre,
IA: Thank you.
IA: Gracias.
speak for the TED community,
en nombre de la comunidad de TED,
que tengo la sensación,
de que sigues siendo encantadora,
(Applause)
(Aplausos)
IA: No, it's makeup.
IA: No, es el maquillaje.
about your erotic fantasies?
sobre tus fantasías eróticas?
IA: With Antonio Banderas.
IA: Con Antonio Banderas.
if you have anything more to share.
algo más para compartir.
es que... (Risas)
a Antonio Banderas
(Risas)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isabel Allende - NovelistIsabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal.
Why you should listen
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s—an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest, Maya's Notebook and Ripper. And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers— City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies.
As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in My Invented Country, and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, in Paula. Her book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses memorably linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover: Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work: The Isabel Allende Foundation works with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chile to empower and protect women and girls—understanding that empowering women is the only true route to social and economic justice.
Isabel Allende | Speaker | TED.com