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The House of the Spirits

novel by Allende

Also known as: “La casa de los espíritus”

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In Isabel Allende
…casa de los espíritus (1982; The House of the Spirits; film 1993). It was followed by the novels De amor y de sombra (1984; Of Love and Shadows; film 1994), Eva Luna (1987), and El plan infinito (1991; The Infinite Plan) and the collection of stories Cuentos de Eva Luna…
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Latin American literature

In Latin American literature: Post-boom writers
…casa de los espíritus (1982; The House of Spirits) was widely acclaimed, though it closely resembles García Márquez’s Cien años de soledad in the magical world it describes and even in the sound of the prose. Argentine Luisa Valenzuela had some success, though more abroad than at home, with the…
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