The House of the Spirits

Mass market paperback, 433 pages

English language

Published by Bantam.

ISBN:
978-0-553-25865-3
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OCLC Number:
25823349

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The House of the Spirits, the unforgettable first novel that established 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 …

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Mi primera lectua de Isabel Allende

5 stars

Se nota claramente la influencia de "100 años de Soledad" de Gabriel García Márquez en este libro. Eso para mi es algo muy bueno, considerando que el de García Márquez es uno de mis libros favoritos de la vida. En la parte de "realismo" del realismo mágico, siendo latinoamericano y particularmente chileno, uno se siente identificado con una realidad existió y que aún existe. Formas de pensar y de vivir, y los terribles acontecimientos ocurridos durante la dictadura cívico-militar. "La Casa de Los Espíritus" no alcanza a estar al nivel de la gran obra de Marquez, pero creo que está solo un pequeño peldaño por debajo.

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