By the gifted storyteller Isabel Allende, this is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate women and men and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. Translated by Magda Bogin.

"Nothing short of astonishing...In The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion."
- San Francisco Chronicle

 
Exiled following the 1973 CIA-assisted coup that overthrew her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, Isabel Allende traveled, worked as a journalist, and wrote her books, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and The Stories of Eva Luna.