by Isabel Allende · Vintage Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099528562
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The House of the Spirits is an epic family saga by Chilean writer Isabel Allende. The novel follows the Trueba family through several generations in an unnamed Latin American country, exploring themes of love, politics, magic, and destiny. The story is narrated from multiple perspectives, including Esteban Trueba, an authoritarian patriarch, and Clara del Valle, his clairvoyant wife. Through their lives and relationships, Allende portrays a world full of secrets, passions, and social conflicts, offering a fascinating vision of Latin American history and culture.
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.
