num_pages: 448
description: In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter, Blanca, whose forbidden love for a man Esteban has deemed unworthy infuriates her father, yet will produce his greatest joy: his granddaughter Alba, a beautiful, ambitious girl who will lead the family and their country into a revolutionary future.The House of the Spirits is an enthralling saga that spans decades and lives, twining the personal and the political into an epic novel of love, magic, and fate.
language: English
title: The House of the Spirits
titlecomplete: The House of the Spirits
characters: Blanca Trueba, Jaime Trueba, Esteban Trueba, Nicolàs Trueba, Alba Trueba, Clara del Valle, Esteban Garcia, Pedro Tercero Garcia, Férula Trueba
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Latin American, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 255005
places: Chile
series: Involuntary trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Beste Fiktion, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prix du Grand Roman d'évasion
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback