The House of the Spirits
Author: Isabel Allende
Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you won’t want to leave, and one you won’t forget.EstebanThe patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrann….Read More
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