Annie Bhuiyan

The House of the Spirits shows Chilean history through the lens of magic realism

By: Annie Bhuiyan The House of the Spirits is the first novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende (published in 1982). Allende delivers a text rich in reflections and retellings of the political atmosphere of Chile in the mid-20th century, told through the story of a family residing in an unnamed South American country. As the audience follows the tale of the Trueba family, we watch them struggle through their internal familial conflicts and the political chaos that is brewing around them. All of this is tied together with the absurd normalities of magic realism. House tells the story of three…

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