The House Of The Spirits (5/6)

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Isabel Allende’s first published work, this book is a historical novel detailing the life of a Chilean family through four generations. It was banned  for “Sexual Content and mysticism. And ghosts. And incest. And torture. And killing…” Well, a novel that chronicles 100 years of a Chilean family is likely to have this stuff…

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Written by PaulPallazola

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  1. Great! She’s a remarkable author and her style “magical realism” is unique to a few Latin American writers. Allende and Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez are among the best of the genre.