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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553273914
ISBN-139780553273915
eBay Product ID (ePID)20987
Product Key Features
Original LanguageSpanish
Book TitleHouse of the Spirits
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
TopicFamily Life, Literary, Political
GenreFiction
AuthorIsabel Allende
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN84-048516
Reviews"Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "Mesmerizing... A novel of force and charm." -- The Washington Post "That rarest of successes -- a book about one family and one country that is a book about the world and becomes the world in a book." -- Cosmopolitan "Nothing short of astonishing... In The House Of The Spirits Isabelle Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion." -- Jane Futcher, San Francisco Chronicle, "Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,The New York Times "Mesmerizing... A novel of force and charm." --The Washington Post "That rarest of successes -- a book about one family and one country that is a book about the world and becomes the world in a book." --Cosmopolitan "Nothing short of astonishing... InThe House Of The SpiritsIsabelle Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion." -- Jane Futcher,San Francisco Chronicle
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal863.6/4
SynopsisSpanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric, cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature and of history, converge in a brilliantly realised novel.", Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget. Esteban -- The patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrannical passion for the wife he can never completely possess. Clara -- The matriarch, elusive and mysterious, who foretells family tragedy and shapes the fortunes of the house of the Truebas. Blanca -- Their daughter, soft-spoken yet rebellious, whose shocking love for the son of her father's foreman fuels Esteban's everlasting contempt... even as it produces the grandchild he adores. Alba -- The fruit of Blanca's forbidden love, a luminous bearty, a fiery and willful woman... the family's break with the past and link to the future.
