For Esteban, now a bitter old man irked over the leftward drift of the country, becomes instrumental in encouraging the military (and the CIA) in engineering the coup. It abandons magic realism and the fussy, bitter politics of the Trueba family, to make the point that in the seeds of the family strife are the seeds of the Hours of business: Mon-Fri 10 to 6 Number 46 is at the northern end of Shepherd Market, formerly the location of Shepherds bindery, a five minute walk from Green Park tube station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) and only slightly more from Bond Street station.Clara falls in love with the radical son of a peasant, who will lead a fight for land reform and eventually be driven from the ranch by the furious old man that is her father.Īt the three-quarter mark, 'The House of the Spirits' radically changes course, even style and tone. We also display a selection of stock at our Mayfair shop: 46 Curzon Street Number 48 is on the south side of Bedford Square, a five minute walk from Totten ham Court Road or Goodge Street underground stations and a ten minute walk from Russell Square. Great Britain Hours of business: Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5 Our primary address is our Bloomsbury shop: Stock Code: 247245 Members of: Antiquarian Booksellers Association Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association International League of Antiquarian Booksellers

What looks like a magical world is overtaken, with no change of tone, by the realities of Chilean history.' (Hermione Lee, The Observer, 1985). It is a much more redoubtable and complex narrative, and much more grimly truthful, than at first appears. 'Slowly this fine, stirring, generous novel casts its powerful spell. The novel spans four generations, and focuses predominately on the women of the Trueba family, following closely the social and political upheavals in Chile, interweaved by magical realism. The House of Spirits was Chilean author Isabel Allende's first novel and was an immediate success when it was first published in 1982 in Buenos Aires.

Original dark maroon cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin.

The house of spirits allende