The House of the Spirits

Name: The House of the Spirits
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9781784879709
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Vintage Quarterbound Classics

By Isabel Allende

Series: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS - Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of a Latin American classic - the enthralling saga of three generations of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution. 'Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent' New York Times As... Read More

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS - Bound to be beautiful

A beautiful hardback edition of a Latin American classic - the enthralling saga of three generations of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.

'Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent' New York Times

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 reminiscent of the writing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

'A novel to be read for its brilliant craftsmanship and its narrative of inescapable power' El Pais

'Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious' Evening Standard

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784879709

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 45.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 547g

Pages: 528

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Fiction Fiction in Translation General Fiction Isabel Allende Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

About the Author

Isabel Allende was born in 1942 Lima, Peru. She grew up in Chile and now lives in California. She is the author of novels The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, The Infinite Plan, Paula, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, My Invented Country, Zorro, Ines of My Soul The Sum of Our Days and The Island Beneath the Sea.

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