by Isabel Allende · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439598145
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«La Casa de los Espíritus» is the novel by Isabel Allende, published by Planeta DeAgostini in hardcover (411 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows the Trueba family over several generations in Chile, from Esteban Trueba's loves and grudges to the country's political changes. The novel blends family memory, magical realism, and a historical backdrop in which the supernatural seeps into everyday life.
Volume II of the Biblioteca Isabel Allende collection by Planeta DeAgostini, in its 2002 edition; the novel was originally published in 1982.
Of interest to readers of magical realism and Latin American historical fiction.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
