Publisher: LibriPublication date: 9/3/2001Language: GermanEdition description: German-language EditionPages: 460Good To KnowAllende has said that the character of Gregory Reeves in The Infinite Plan is based on her husband, Willie Gordon.Allende begins all of her books on January 8, which she considers lucky because it was the day she began writing a letter to her dying grandfather that later became The House of the Spirits.She began her career as a journalist, editing the magazine Paula and later contributing to the Venezuelan paper El Nacional.