by Isabel Allende · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467454604
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«La casa de los espíritus I» is the first part of the novel of the same name by Isabel Allende, published by FisicalBook in hardback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In a Latin American country torn by political and social upheaval, the story follows the Trueba family over several generations. Esteban Trueba, an authoritarian patriarch, and Clara, a wife with supernatural gifts, form the core of the narrative, where the family sphere intersects with the country's historical memory.
The novel was originally published in 1982; this edition is from 2008.
For fans of Latin American fiction: a family saga with historical background and magical realism.
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.
