Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. The

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. The magnificent epic of the Trueba family-their loves, their ambitions, their spiritual quests, their relations with one another, and their participation in the history of their times, a history that becomes s=destiny and overtakes them all.

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Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include

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This is a softcover edition even though the ISBN number listed in the book

This is a softcover edition even though the ISBN number listed in the book indicates that it is a hardcover. Near fine condition with only a slight edgewear, spine is tight and uncreased. A best seller and critical success all over the world, The House of the Spirits is the magnificent epic of the Trueba family--their loves, their ambitions, their spiritual quests, their relations with one another, and their participation in the history of their times, a history that becomes destiny and overtakes them all. We begin--at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country--in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle. A warm-hearted, hypersensitive girl, Clara has distinguished herself from an early age with her telepathic abilities--she can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, the fabled Rosa the Beautiful, Clara has been mute for nine years, resisting all attempts to make her speak. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon. Her husband-to-be is Esteban Trueba, a stern, willful man, given to fits of rage and haunted by a profound loneliness. At the age of thirty-five, he has returned to the capital from his country estate to visit his dying mother and to find a wife. (He was Rosa's fiance, and her death has marked him as deeply as it has Clara. ) This is the man Clara has foreseen--has summoned--to be her husbandEsteban, in turn, will conceive a passion for Clara that will last the rest of his long and rancorous life. 9.10 X 6.50 X 1.60 inches, 368 pages.