The House of the Spirits

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family saga magical realist novel novel

The House of the Spirits is a landmark magical realist novel that traces the intertwined fortunes of a Chilean family across generations against a backdrop of political upheaval.

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The House of the Spirits canonical 8
House of the Spirits 1
La casa de los espíritus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf family saga ⓘ
magical realist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The House of the Spirits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The House of the Spirits (1993 film)
author Isabel Allende ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Chile ⓘ
criticalReception internationally acclaimed ⓘ
debutWorkOf Isabel Allende ⓘ
EnglishTranslator Magda Bogin ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Bille August ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1993 ⓘ
firstEnglishPublicationYear 1985 ⓘ
follows Un manuscrito de Paula (family letters and stories) ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Férula Trueba ⓘ
Jaime Trueba ⓘ
Nicolás Trueba ⓘ
Nívea del Valle ⓘ
Pedro Tercero García ⓘ
Severo del Valle ⓘ
inspiredBy 1973 Chilean coup d’état ⓘ
Chilean political history ⓘ
languageOfFirstPublication Spanish ⓘ
mainCharacter Alba Trueba ⓘ
Blanca Trueba ⓘ
Clara del Valle ⓘ
Esteban Trueba ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
third person ⓘ
notableFor blend of personal and political history ⓘ
depiction of Chilean oligarchy ⓘ
use of magical realism ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle The House of the Spirits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La casa de los espíritus
publicationYear 1982 ⓘ
publisher Plaza & Janés ⓘ
setInCountry Chile ⓘ
theme class conflict ⓘ
dictatorship ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
female empowerment ⓘ
love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
political upheaval ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
timeSpanOfFiction four generations ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ

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Isabel Allende → notableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Latin American literature → hasNotableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
The House of the Spirits → originalTitle → The House of the Spirits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La casa de los espíritus
The House of the Spirits → adaptedInto → The House of the Spirits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The House of the Spirits (1993 film)
Of Love and Shadows → follows → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Portrait in Sepia → relatedWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Violeta → authorOfRelatedWorks → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Bernd Eichinger → notableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Jon Kilik → notableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
Bille August → notableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of the Spirits
Sarita Choudhury → notableWork → The House of the Spirits ⓘ