{"product_id":"a-casa-dos-espiritos","title":"The house of the spirits","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIsabel Allende's greatest success, The House of the Spirits, is a classic of magical realism and Latin American literature. The work brings to life a family whose private bonds of love and hate are more complex and enduring than the political loyalties that pit them against each other.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of the Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e is both an emblematic family saga and a tale of a turbulent period in the history of a nondescript Latin American country. Isabel Allende builds a world driven by spirits and fills it with expressive and very human inhabitants, including Esteban, the patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose desire for land is legendary and who lives haunted by the tyrannical passion he feels for the wife he can never fully possess; Clara, the matriarch, elusive and mysterious, who foresees family tragedy and shapes the fate of the house and the Truebas; Blanca, her soft-spoken but rebellious daughter, whose shocking love for the son of her father's foreman fuels Esteban's eternal contempt, even when it results in the granddaughter he so adores; and Alba, the fruit of Blanca's forbidden love, a fiery, stubborn woman endowed with luminous beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe passions, struggles, and secrets of the Trueba family span three generations and a century of violent transformations, culminating in a crisis that drives the patriarch and his beloved granddaughter to opposite sides of the barricades. Known as a masterpiece of Latin American literature, \u003cem\u003eThe House of the Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e presents a compelling narrative that seamlessly and elegantly weaves together past, present, and future. Isabel Allende presents us with characters rich in emotion and meticulous details about the world around them. A timeless novel inspired by the author's own family, it is certainly a book that deserves to be on every reader's bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Spectacular… A captivating and singular work… A story of peace and reconciliation.” — The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159283253500,"sku":"9788528622560","price":71.91,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/a71d408eaf1966f0251958fb3f7a7b0d_882574b7-2577-4d4e-a0ec-f5f6095324e0.jpg?v=1779419935","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/a-casa-dos-espiritos","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}