The House of the Spirits [Paperback]

Isabel Allende (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 1994

Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric, cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature and of history, converge in a brlliantly realised novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 490 pages
• Publisher: Black Swan (February 3, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552995886
• ISBN-13: 978-0552995887
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The House of Spirits, January 9, 2007

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R. Tysor (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House of the Spirits (Paperback)

I was required to read this book for my english class, and personally, I did not like it. Originally, I thought that the book was going to be about a house full of spirits, but before I read the novel, my teacher explained that it is a novel about class struggle and politics in Chile. However, after reading the book I have come to disagree. The book is really a flash back into the lives of its characters and is full of their personal stories and adventures. To me, these stories due to their graphic nature overshadow the class issues and the politics. It is not that they are not apparent, but that they are overshadowed by the gruesome acts of rape and other digusting things that should have been left out of the book. Also, to me the book becomes very monotonous. At certain parts I felt like the book was going to end, and yet I still had more than 100 pages to go. In the end I find that the rape and violence in this book overshadow its original purpose and thus degrade its value.