La casa de los espíritus (or The House of the Spirits) is a novel written by Isabel Allende. Released in 1982, it is Allende's debut novel and tells of the lives of the Trueba family.
Characters[]
- Esteban Trueba - the patriarch of the family
- Clara Trueba - Esteban's wife
- Bianca Trueba - the daughter of Esteban and Clara
- Alba Trueba - Esteban's granddaughter
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Publisher's summary[]
The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted and imaginative storytellers.
The House of the Spirits 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 love, magic, and fate.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 | Another major work of South American magical realism based around a fictional family |
| 2666 | Roberto Bolaño | 2004 | Another major work of Chilean literature |
| The Lizard's Tail | Luisa Valenzuela | 1983 | A major work of Argentine literature |