The house of the spirits

Author

Isabel Allende

Call Number

• FICTION ALLE (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Everyman's Library, 2005.

Physical Description

xxxi, 488 p. ; 21 cm.

Summary

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.