by Isabel Allende · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807810008
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«La casa degli spiriti» is Isabel Allende's magical realism novel, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (368 pages, in Italian).
The novel follows the Trueba family in Chile over several generations. Between domestic life and historical events, the author interweaves the experiences of Esteban, Clara, Blanca and Alba with Chile's political and social tensions. The narrative combines magical realism with love, power, loss and the struggle for justice.
Feltrinelli's Universale Economica collection. Translated from Spanish by Angelo Morino and Sonia Piloto di Castri.
Aimed at readers of family sagas and magical realism; also a common choice for book clubs.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
