La casa de los espiritus / The House of the Spirits (Spanish Edition)

Hermosos libro

Very enjoyable

An absolute epic of a book.

Muy recomendable

My first Allende book was Eva Luna which started my love for this passionate and thoughtful writer. I love reading her books both in Spanish and in English as a way to kind of get back on the saddle when it comes to my language skills. While I read Eva Luna in the translated English, I've read Paula in the original Spanish and loved each of those books but I'm not sure about this edition. Before picking up the books I was subject to rave reviews from friends and acquaintances telling me that if I loved Allende's books in the past, I would absolutely love this book. Now, I'm not sure if it was the Spanish translation, as I found it very hard to get into at first but it definitely was a challenge for me and I would say to read it in the language you feel most comfortable with. The important part is to feel and understand the story not to refresh your skills! Other than the rocky start the book really starts to pick up around the middle and especially towards the end. The last few chapters were so absorbing it was a shame that the book ended and there wasn't more to go on! I love the way that Allende gets you inside each of the character's head and I found myself second guessing my sympathies and allegiances.As another commenter noted, the strong female roles in the book really showcase Allende's signature style and, like always you can really see a lot of the author in this book about Chile, family, politics, and history. I wholeheartedly recommend this book although the digital version has some annoying typos which are a little distracting!

Excelente

La casa de los espiritus es una de las novelas mas populares de la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX. Esta novela fue llevada a la gran pantalla con mucho exito y con la aparicion, entre otros, del gran Antonio Banderas. La produccion filmografica hizo a Isabel Allende, que no era muy conocida entonces, una escritura muy popular. Mucha gente compro y leyo este libro, y luego fueron (y todavia lo son!) leales lectores de la escritora chilena. Esta es una novela total, en la que se narra la historia de una familia a traves de sitios magicos como la 'casa' que da nombre al libro. En el libro se repasan varias generaciones de chilenos, y asi la historia de un pais que fue de una estructura economica basicamente agraria, con terratenientes aprovechandose de la 'ignorancia' del campesinado, a un socialismo economico que llevo a la revolucion de los 60 y al golpe de estado fascista del 1972. Es una lectura muy entretenida, y un libro muy bien escrito, al que le doy 5 estrellas por su calidad y por el carino que le tengo al libro. Lo he leido varias veces, y creo que es muy bueno, pero tambien les digo que la ultima vez que lo lei este verano pasado me di cuenta que la ultima parte del libro parece que haya sido escrito con un poco de prisa. El libro se hubiera beneficiado de haber tenido unas 100-150 paginas mas, pero aun y asi, es un libro que recomiendo sin lugar a dudas.

SP version: La historia gira entorno a la vida de tres generaciones de la bien posicionada familia Del Valle durante 50 años viviendo una realidad mágica entrelazada con los acontecimientos histórico-políticos dentro del país hasta desembocar en el golpe de estado de Chile. La historia hace reflexión a los errores que se van repitiendo en generaciones y la autora nos da la pista al repetir el nombre de los cuatro personajes femeninos de la historia en diferentes sinónimos: Nívea, Clara, Blanca y Alba; siendo ésta última, el eslabón que podrá acabar con ello. . EN version The story revolves around the lives of three generations of the well-positioned Del Valle family for 50 years living a magical reality intertwined with the historical-political events within the country until it culminated in the coup in Chile. The story reflects on the errors that are repeated in generations and the author gives us the clue by repeating the name of the four female characters in the story in different synonyms: Nívea, Clara, Blanca and Alba; the latter being the link that can end it.

tres bonne

Ótimo enredo e uma história super envolvente.

"La casa de los espíritus" (year 1982) by Isabel Allende is as wonderful a novel as its title promises. It traces the history Trueba family in Chile over four generations. The truly spritual person of the title is Clara del Valle Trueba of the second generation. It is she and her husband, Esteban Trueba, who build the big house on the corner, the house of the spirits, in Santiago, Chile, the capital. Clara is a clairvoyant and not only has quite a sense of the future, but also can actually make objects move with her spiritual gifts. She, in particular, has a three-legged stool that helps her come in touch with the spiritual word. In spite of the beauty of Clara's prophetic powers, Isabel Allende's novel is quite hard-hitting with the harshness and cruelty of Esteban Trueba's anger and the realism of the political events in Chile, particularly the establishment of dictatorial rule in the year 1973. Esteban's toughness results in him surviving into these times. He and his granddaughter, Alba, a philosophy student at the University of Santiago who is tortured by the military regime in the year 1973, narrate the story of the novel "la casa de los espíritus" from their own experiences, but also largely from the notebooks that Clara, Esteban's wife and Alba's grandmother, kept all her life to bear witness to the happenings around her. Isabel Allende's novel "la casa de los espíritus" is one of the best books that I have ever experienced. I read it in the original Spanish with the Magda Bogin English translation beside me. It was a delight to read Isabel Allende's novel in Spanish.

Me encanto como juega con la fantasía mágica y la descripción social del contexto en el que vivió Latinoamérica en esos tiempos, lectura que te atrapa! Aunque tenga letra muy chica se lee muy rápido, ya que engancha la redacción. Amo amo amo!

Libro meraviglioso lo ho comprato per mia figlia io lo ho letto ben due volte