false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165941575m/9328.jpg 9328 82 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. 3374404 book 1982 The House of the Spirits total:15484|5:6205|4:5849|3:2713|2:565|1:152| 15484 63842 19468 1260 4 5 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Jul 15 10:24:41 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 10:29:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 7 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 14:35:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:34:52 -0700 2008
I truly believe that anyone not familiar with the above mentioned, would likely be a bit thrown, even put off by these influences....more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 12 09:32:41 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 15:25:28 -0700 2009
During the first 10 pages I was thinking to myself that there is way too much similarity on so many levels to One Hundred Years of Solitude, but why not, since it's th...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 13:44:08 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 14:48:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 08 20:46:28 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 05 13:49:24 -0800 2008 I can't say that I loved 100 Yea...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jan 17 20:06:26 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 12 16:04:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Jun 26 18:08:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 18:21:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri May 16 00:34:13 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 00:35:31 -0700 2008 :)]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 19:23:11 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 19:46:16 -0800 2009
i tried to force myself to give this book 3 stars, but it was a really disappointing read for me. i came in with high expectations, remembering that i absolutely loved this book when i last read it in high school. (and i'm glad i did, because i ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 12:01:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 12:06:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 07:39:33 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:53:31 -0800 2008 1 The House of the Spirits (Knopf, 1985)

The House of the Spirits has set a new record at Goat Central. I have been trying to read this book for three years. Three solid years (well, just shy. Another two weeks and I would have made the anniversary). Why did I keep trying? B...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 14 20:37:13 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 20:44:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 09 12:27:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 14:48:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 23 14:27:24 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 17:53:50 -0700 2007 One Hundred Years of Solitude, and while I see the similarities, I think this book has its own distinct story. Magical realism is a style used by many Latin American writers (or so I've been told), so I can't believe ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 16 09:29:44 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:31:32 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Thu Nov 20 10:57:14 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:57:30 -0800 2008 2 1 false false Fri May 30 01:32:32 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 10:51:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 17:35:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:35:17 -0800 2009 I really enjoyed this book. I read it shortly after writing a paper relating to the Pinochet dictatorship, and I have always had a special interest in Chile, so that probably influenced my opinion. Nonetheless, I believe I would have liked it anyway-- i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:30:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 19:01:04 -0700 2009 The House of Spirits deserves as much recognition, perhaps more, than Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Both novels narrate the story of a Latin American country suffering the tyranny of dictatorship, but Allende's is an epic about one Chilean family that spans sixty years...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 08:14:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:18:53 -0700 2009 Isabel Allende tells the story ( and really she is a storyteller) about the lives and loves and troubles of a family in a country in South America. Although the story is beautifully written (although the images sometimes are a ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=9328