50 anos despues del Golpe, la hija menor de Salvador Allende relata que ocurrio durante esa fatidica semana.

El martes 11 de septiembre la autora de este libro partio en su automovil a La Moneda para acompanar a su padre, el presidente Salvador Allende, en la resistencia al golpe de Estado. Salio del palacio antes del bombardeo y, desde ese momento, tuvo que pasar por situaciones angustiantes e insolitas antes de salir con su familia, en calidad de exiliadas, a Mexico, el sabado 15 de septiembre.

Este libro, un ejercicio de memoria de lo acontecido durante esa semana, ofrece por primera vez un panorama intimo de como la familia Allende Bussi tuvo que lidiar con episodios dolorosos y resguardados en la intimidad hasta hoy: la muerte del padre, el bombardeo a Tomas Moro, el entierro anonimo en Vina del Mar, la rapida salida de su hermana Beatriz "Tati" Allende con el cuerpo diplomatico cubano, el asilo familiar en la Embajada de Mexico y la -hasta ultimo minuto- angustiosa salida al pais mediante la valiente gestion del embajador Gonzalo Martinez.

Isabel Allende Bussi ofrece una poderosa y pormenorizada evocacion de esa semana, en que la gesta del presidente de resistir hasta el final impacto al mundo entero.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Fifty years after the coup, Salvador Allende's daughter narrates what took place during that ill-fatedweek.

Tuesday, September 11th, the author of this book left in her car for La Moneda to accompany her father, President Salvador Allende, in the resistance to the coup d'etat. She left the palace before the bombing, and from that moment on had to go through harrowing and extraordinary situations before departing with her family, as exiles, to Mexico, on Saturday, September 15th.

This book, a memory exercise of what happened during that week, offers the very first intimate overview of how the Allende Bussi family dealt with painful episodes that were kept private until today: the death of the father, the bombing of the presidential residence on Tomas Moro street, the anonymous burial in Vinadel Mar, her sister Beatriz "Tati" Allende's quick exit with the Cuban diplomatic corps, the family taking refuge at the Mexican Embassy, and the-last minute-agonizing departure through the courageous assistance of Ambassador Gonzalo Martinez.

Isabel Allende Bussi delivers a powerful and detailed remembrance of that week, in which the President's feat to hold out until the very end shocked the whole world.