The House of the Spirits A Novel

<B><b>This “spectacular… absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (<i>The</i> <i>New York Times Book Review</i>).</b></B><BR><BR><i>The House of the Spirits</i>, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.<BR> <BR>One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, <i>The House of the Spirits</i> is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.