The House of the Spirits

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Author: Allende, Isabel Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 7 July 2011 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 528 pages200 x 130 x 33 | 364g As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future.Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba.Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.'Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent' New York Times'Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious' Evening Standard'The only cause The House of the Spirits embraces is that of humanity, and it does so with such passion, humor, and wisdom that in the end it transcends politics…The result is a novel of force and charm, spaciousness and vigor' Washington Post Show more