The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

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Vintage
01 September 2011

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Allende's magical realist epic is an international classic - 'thick with plot and bristling with characters. A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power' El Pais

As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba.

Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.

By: Isabel Allende
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 341g
ISBN: 9780099528562
ISBN 10: 0099528568
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 September 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Isabel Allende was born in 1942 Lima, Peru. She grew up in Chile and now lives in California. She is the author of novels The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows,Eva Luna, The Infinite Plan, Paula, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, My Invented Country, Zorro, Ines of My Soul The Sum of Our Days and The Island Beneath the Sea.

Reviews for The House of the Spirits

Remarkable...a big book that can comprehend the history of a nation, and so many lives, with love The Times An exotic vision and a brilliant, impassioned epic Vogue Mesmerizing... A novel of force and charm Washington Post This is a novel like the novels no one seems to write anymore: thick with plot and bristling with characters who play out their lives over three generations of conflict and reconciliation. A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power El Pais, Madrid Announcing a truly great read: a novel thick and thrilling, full of fantasy, terror and wit, elaborately crafted yet serious and accurate in its historical and social observations Die Welt, Berlin