The House of the Spirits
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
A sweeping multigenerational saga following the Trueba family through the tumultuous history of an unnamed South American country—clearly Chile—from the early twentieth century through a military coup. Blending magical realism with political history and feminist passion, this debut novel established Allende as one of the great voices in Latin American literature.
About the Author
Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American author widely regarded as one of the most important Latin American writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the world's most widely read Spanish-language female author. Born in Lima, Peru, in 1942, she grew up in Chile and was a journalist before the 1973 coup that overthrew her cousin, President Salvador Allende, forced her into exile in Venezuela. Allende began writing fiction in exile. Read more →
