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(BookJacketStatus:NotJacketed)ChileanwriterIsabelAllende’sclassicnovelisbotharichlysymbolicfamilysagaandtherivetingstoryofanunnamedLatinAmericancountry’sturbulenthistory.Inatriumphofmagicrealism,Allendeconstructsaspirit-riddenworldandfillsitwithcolorfulandall-too-humaninhabitants.TheTruebafamily’spassions,struggles,andsecretsspanthreegenerationsandacenturyofviolentsocialchange,culminatinginacrisisthatbringstheproudandtyrannicalpatriarchandhisbelovedgranddaughtertooppositesidesofthebarricades.Againstabackdropofrevolutionandcounterrevolution,Allendebringstolifeafamilywhoseprivatebondsofloveandhatredaremorecomplexandenduringthanthepoliticalallegiancesthatsetthematodds.TheHouseoftheSpiritsnotonlybringsanothernation’shistorythrillinglytolife,butalsomakesitspeople’sjoysandanguisheswhollyourown.