The House of the Spirits

A Novel

De: Isabel Allende

Narrado por: Thom Rivera, Marisol Ramirez

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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” (The New York Times Book Review).

The House of the Spirits, 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.

One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.

Better read, perhaps.

I wish that I had read this instead of listening. There are so many characters and it covers so much time that I wanted to go back to check on previous events and people but that was not possible in the audible format.

Family saga brought to life

Loved it! Great narration, vivid descriptions, good and bad. Fascinating story. Can't wait to hear more by Isabel Allende.

Beautiful and hard novel of a past that is somehow distant and current!

Have never read or listened to any of the authors book but soon will. Beautifully written story of a families pain. Highly recommend for those that like to swim within the deeper reaches 💐

Just as good now as it was 20 years ago

I originally read this book freshmen year of high school. I had been a childhood reader and didn’t think anything of my reading level then, but I adored this book. Listening to it now makes me wonder how shocked so many of my classmates must have been. Bless Ms. C. who had us read this.

I was struck my the surrealism of this book and some its characters versus the grounding of others that somehow always wound up wrapped up in the more fantastical ones, and still am. I was so struck by this book of hers that I owned most of her books in actual bound form until recently losing many of my books to water damage. This was one that was on the top of my list to replace, not only in my collection in general, but of Isabel Allende’s in particular. If you do enjoy this book as a newbie to her work, read some of her other earlier works then her memoir Paula. When I did so it made me examine some of the “characters” and events in my own life and wonder how they would come across in a book.

Classic

This is the best book I have read by Allende. Through the lives of generations of family members we are presented with social and political issues as well as class disparity.