The House of the Spirits

ISBN: 0553273914

Author: Isabel Allende

Condition: New

Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget.Esteban -- The patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrannical passion for the wife he can never completely possess.Clara -- The matriarch, elusive and mysterious, who foretells family tragedy and shapes the fortunes of the house of the Truebas.Blanca -- Their daughter, soft-spoken yet rebellious, whose shocking love for the son of her father's foreman fuels Esteban's everlasting contempt... even as it produces the grandchild he adores.Alba -- The fruit of Blanca's forbidden love, a luminous bearty, a fiery and willful woman... the family's break with the past and link to the future.

• Author: Isabel Allende. | Publisher: Bantam | Pages: 448 | Publication Date: 1986-08-01 | Edition: Reissue | Binding: Mass Market Paperback | MSRP: 0.00 | ISBN13: 9780553273915 | ISBN: 0553273914 | Language: en | Store Location: Drama Paperback | "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."