The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
3,747	46	354	(4.14)	96

Add to your library

Members

all members

Recently added by: schmidpe, whitelilacs07, caraty, wpinkhof, Betsy-Boo, stambecco68, sorsopkel, Coffeemate, LadyLouiza, rosa65

Member tags

numbers | all tags

(18) 1001(22) 1001 Books(15) 2007(7) 20th century(31) allende(27) Chile(141) Chilean(24) Chilean Literature(18) contemporary(10) contemporary fiction(18) Family(49) family saga(26) fantasy(12) fiction(594) historical(12) historical fiction(28) history(12) isabel allende(22) Latin America(85) latin american(35) latin american fiction(13) latin american literature(39) literary fiction(7) literature(46) love(11) magic(9) magical realism(243) novel(101) own(30) owned(12) politics(11) read(51) revolution(12) roman(25) romance(17) school(7) South America(56) south american(12) spanish(52) tbr(25) to read(8) translated(9) translation(26) Unread(47) women(19) women writers(8) world literature(7)

LibraryThing recommendations

Member recommendations:

amyblue recommends The River Midnight by Lilian Nattel

Eustrabirbeonne recommends The Book of Nights: A Novel (Verba Mundi Series) by Sylvie Germain

Contribute your own recommendation.

( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )

Common KnowledgeShare what you know.

view history

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Canonical Title

Original publication date

1982

Important places

Tres Marias

People/Characters

Nivea del Valle

Clara del Valle Trueba

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1985)

Publisher's editors

First words

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

Last words

Disambiguation notice

LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Book descriptions

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 9500717638, Paperback)

Published in 1985 by Alfred A. Knopf. Both dust jacket and copy are in very good condition. There are slight creases to the edge of the dust jacket. Author's first book, originally published in Spain in 1982. Translated by Magda Bogin.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:09 -0500)

(see all 6 descriptions)