The House of the Spirits

作者 Isabel Allende著
出版社 Random House
出版时间 2005年4月
ISBN 9781857152814
定价 130.80

内容简介

ChileanwriterIsabelAllende'sclassicbestsellerisarichlysymbolicfamilysagathatisalsotherivetingstoryofanunnamedLatinAmericancountry'sturbulenthistory.Inatriumphofmagicrealism,Allendeconstructsaspirit-riddenworldandfillsitwithcolourfulandall-too-humaninhabitants-theTruebafamily,whosepassions,strugglesandsecretsspanthreegenerationsandacenturyofviolentsocialchange.Againstabackdropofrevolutionandcounter-revolution,Allendeportraysafamilywhoseprivatebondsofloveandhatredaremorecomplexandenduringthatthepolictialallegiancesthatsetthematodds.

作者简介

IsabelAllendeLlona(borninLima,PeruonAugust2,1942)isaChileanwriterwithAmericancitizenship.Allende,whoseworkssometimescontainaspectsofthe"magicrealist"tradition,isfamousfornovelssuchasTheHouseoftheSpirits(Lacasadelosespíritus)(1982)andCityoftheBeasts(Laciudaddelasbestias)(2002),whichhavebeencommerciallysuccessful.Allendehasbeencalled"theworld’smostwidelyreadSpanish-languageauthor".In2010shereceivedChile'sNationalLiteraturePrize.In2004,AllendewasinductedintotheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.Allende'snovelsaresometimesbaseduponherownpersonalexperiencesandoftenpayhomagetothelivesofwomen,whileweavingtogetherelementsofmythandrealism.ShehaslecturedandtouredmanyAmericancollegestoteachliterature.AllendeadoptedAmericancitizenshipin2003andhaslivedinCaliforniawithherhusbandsince1989.