Themes of ancestors, feminism and class struggles are pervasive, as is magic—no surprise since this work of magical realism was influenced by Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The first adult novel from famed Chilean author Isabel Allende (the bestselling Spanish-language novelist of all time), The House of the Spirits revolves around the Trueba clan and three generations of women, including an enchanting matriarch, Clara, who communes with spirits. Themes of ancestors, feminism and class struggles are pervasive, as is magic—no surprise since this work of magical realism was influenced by Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.