The House of the Spirits

DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS QUE HE LEIDO!!!!!!! MARAVILLOSA CLARA Y ESTEBAN TRUEBA PARA MATARLO!!!!!! SOLO JEREMY IRON PODÍA INTERPRETARLO EN EL CINE........

Not sure how to rate this because I had quite a little love affair with Ms. Allende's magical realism but now the entire genre kind of annoys me.

This was the book that started it all for Isabelle Allende. Wonderful poetic prose and memorable characters take you on a tour of a different world besotting your with its charm and beauty.

An amazing story about the Trueba and Del Valle family, it shows all the universe in teh latin american familiy, also political and social , a master piece of magical realisim and latin american literature

WOW! made me think of the world

Family drama over generations. Engrossing characters.

What a beautiful story...the female characters in this book are so intriguing.

Somewhat overrated.

Originally written in Allende's native language, Spanish, this book tells the story of a fictional wealthy family during the time of Salvadore Allende's (the author's uncle) fall from power in Chile. Not a book for the feint of heart, there is little dialogue and most of the story is told in what English readers might consider wispy, run-on sentences. If you can value...more

Originally written in Allende's native language, Spanish, this book tells the story of a fictional wealthy family during the time of Salvadore Allende's (the author's uncle) fall from power in Chile. Not a book for the feint of heart, there is little dialogue and most of the story is told in what English readers might consider wispy, run-on sentences. If you can value that for what it is and have an appreciation for the Latin American cultural value of spirits and mystical events, then this is the book for you. My personal believe is that Allende wrote this book for two reasons: 1) To capture the culture and emotional feel of her native land before it fell to the CIA assisted, military rule of a dictator. 2) To describe the atrocities that happened to her fellow citizens in the aftermath of the coup.   hide