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The House of the Spirits
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This “spectacular… absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review).
The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781501117015
EAN:
9781501117015
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
512
Authors:
Isabel Allende
Publisher:
Atria Books
Published Date: 2015-15-12
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Allende is no Gabrial Garcia Marquezn whom I love. Didn't understand the weird beauty of Rosa or the deformaty of Blanca at birth. Neither seemed to have a point or help further the story. And I had a lot of trouble understanding the characterizations. Just when I started to sympathize with one they behaved badly and vice versa.
As I began to read this book, it seemed too long, too many individual characters, too many stories of unresolved relationships. The further I read the more I realized there can be, will be, redemption, understanding of life’s history.One must be intentional to achieve this end. Isabel Allende has woven together so much of the mystery, remembered and forgotten.
Wonderful history of two families joined together through marriage and tragedy through generations of strong women who survive their plights
The history of these events is burned into my mind, luckily the notes that produced it were spared from the flames. A present day warning to the USA. We’re here now. Learn from this.
