num_pages: 432
description: Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award, La casa de la laguna (The House on the Lagoon) is the story of Isabel Monfort and her husband Quintin Mendizabal—the history of a family whose secrets, conflicts and private mythologies add up to the larger story of a nation: Puerto Rico.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La casa de la laguna
titlecomplete: La casa de la laguna
genres: Magical Realism, Latin American Literature, Historical, Latin American, Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1440
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Espanol