The House of the Spirits introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, weaving a spellbinding epic of love, magic, and revolution.
The story follows three generations of the Trueba family, whose lives are shaped by triumphs and tragedies. Esteban Trueba, the volatile patriarch, is driven by his hunger for political power but anchored by his love for Clara, his ethereal wife with a mystical connection to the spirit world. Their daughter, Blanca, defies Esteban with a forbidden love affair, giving rise to Alba, the strong-willed granddaughter who will carry her family into a revolutionary future.
Spanning decades, The House of the Spirits masterfully intertwines the personal and the political in a universal tale of love, fate, and resilience, cementing its place as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century.
