The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende's compelling magical-realist saga about the Trueba family in Chile is a political and social history of the country, as well as a powerful novel of family relationships. The novel revolves around the lives of the larger-than-life patriarch Esteban, his elusive wife Clara, their rebellious daughter Blanca, and Blanca's out-of-wedlock child Alba, who leads the family into the future.

Editions of The House of the Spirits

ISBN 9781400043187	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Everymans Library	Date 2005	Price $9.05	Good
ISBN 9780816139941	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1986	Price $9.51	Used - Good
ISBN 9780224022316	Binding/Format Book	Publisher J. Cape	Date 1985	Price $2.22	Used, Good
ISBN 9780394539072	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc	Date 1985	Price $1.00	Used - Acceptable
ISBN 9780553258653	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Bantam Books	Date 1986	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9780613027656	Binding/Format Prebinding	Publisher Bt Bound	Date 1999	Price None Available
ISBN 9780553273915	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Bantam Books	Date 1993	Price $1.00	Used - Good

Publisher Notes

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 fathers foreman fuels Estebans everlasting contempt... even as it produces the grandchild he adores.Alba -- The fruit of Blancas forbidden love, a luminous bearty, a fiery and willful woman... the family's break with the past and link to the future.

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