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Apr 1, 1994 · The House of the Spirits: Directed by Bille August. With Maria Conchita Alonso, António Assunção, Julie Balloo, Frank Baker. A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.
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One morning, Esteban comes home unexpectedly and finds Ferula in Clara's bed. Esteban kicks Ferula out of the house. As she leaves, Ferula curses Esteban to eternal loneliness. Blanca and Pedro Tercero's love grows as they mature, and they soon realize that Esteban would disapprove if he knew.
Overview. Published in 1982, The House of the Spirits by Chilean-American author Isabel Allende is a multi-generational family saga that blends magical realism with political turmoil. Centered around the Trueba family, the narrative spans decades in an unnamed South American country.
The astonishing debut of a gifted storyteller, The House of the Spirits is both a symbolic family saga and the story of an unnamed Latin American country’s turbulent history. Isabel Allende constructs a spirit-ridden world and fills it with colorful and all-too-human inhabitants including Esteban, the patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose ...
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