num_pages: 433
description: 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.
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: 255025
places: Chile
series: Involuntary trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Beste Fiktion, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prix du Grand Roman d'évasion
publisher: Bantam