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Trilog铆a Involuntaria #3
亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨
亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲賴丕 毓丕賲 1982. 賵亘丿兀鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷 鬲兀賱賷賮 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 亘賱睾賴丕 兀禺亘丕乇 毓賳 賲乇囟 噩丿賴丕 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳賷 賵丕賯鬲乇丕亘 賵賮丕鬲賴. 賵鬲丿賵乇 亘丿丕賷丞 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇貙 賮賷 賲丿賷賳丞 亘賱丕 丕爻賲貙 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞. 賵賴賷 鬲乇賵賷 賲噩乇賷丕鬲 毓丕卅賱丞 鬲乇賵賷亘丕貙 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲賴賲 賵胤賲賵丨丕鬲賴賲 賵丕賱鬲賲丕爻丕鬲賴賲 丕賱乇賵丨賷丞貙 毓賱丕賯丕鬲賴賲 亘亘毓囟賴賲 丕賱亘毓囟貙 賵丿賵乇賴賲 賮賷 賲噩乇賷丕鬲 夭賲賳賴賲 賵鬲丕乇賷禺賴賲貙 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱匕賷 兀氐亘丨 賯丿乇丕賸 鬲噩丕賵夭賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕賸. 賵鬲賲 賲毓丕賱噩丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕 廿賱賶 賮賷賱賲 賮賷 毓丕賲 1993.
賵賲賳匕 賳卮乇賴丕 丕賰鬲爻丨鬲 丕賱兀爻賵丕賯 賵 丨賯賯鬲 兀毓賱賶 丕賱賲亘賷毓丕鬲. 亘賱 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵氐賱鬲 賲丐賱賮鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賳噩賵賲賷丞. 丨丕夭鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩丕卅夭丞 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱亘丕賳賵乇丕賲賷貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇噩賲鬲 廿賱賶 賲丕 賷賯丕乇亘 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳 賱睾丞! 賷毓鬲賯丿 亘毓囟 丕賱賳賯丕丿 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賴丕 兀亘毓丕丿 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵爻賷丕爻賷丞貙 賰賲丕 賷乇賶 丕賱亘毓囟 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇賵賷 賵賯丕卅毓 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲毓 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱.
賵賲賳匕 賳卮乇賴丕 丕賰鬲爻丨鬲 丕賱兀爻賵丕賯 賵 丨賯賯鬲 兀毓賱賶 丕賱賲亘賷毓丕鬲. 亘賱 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵氐賱鬲 賲丐賱賮鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賳噩賵賲賷丞. 丨丕夭鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩丕卅夭丞 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱亘丕賳賵乇丕賲賷貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇噩賲鬲 廿賱賶 賲丕 賷賯丕乇亘 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳 賱睾丞! 賷毓鬲賯丿 亘毓囟 丕賱賳賯丕丿 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賴丕 兀亘毓丕丿 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵爻賷丕爻賷丞貙 賰賲丕 賷乇賶 丕賱亘毓囟 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇賵賷 賵賯丕卅毓 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲毓 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱.
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First published January 1, 1982
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Isabel Allende
198听books42.3k听followersIsabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. She currently resides in California with her husband. Allende adopted U.S. citizenship in 2003.
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May 5, 2017
House of the Spirits started my love affair with Isabel Allende's writing twenty years ago. I remember how the first line "Barrabas came to us from the sea" left me captivated and eager to read on. In college, I was fortunate that La Casa de los Espiritus was required reading for one of my classes, so I read the prose a second time in Spanish. Allende's writing is exceptional in both languages.
Recently, I completed Allende's memoir The Sum of Our Days. She reveals that Clara represents her own grandmother: she also had the gift of being clairvoyant and communicating with all the spirits that entered her home by way of a three-legged table and tarot cards. Handed down this gift, Allende admits that she has had a number of meaningful dreams over the years that have influenced both her writing and family life.
La Casa de Los Espiritus is a sweeping epic that spans three generations of Chilean women- Clara, Blanca, and Alba Del Valle Trueba- from post World War I up until the Pinochet coup which overthrew the Allende government (Isabel's uncle) in 1973. The opus detailed their family saga in both good times and bad, reflecting on how the same mistakes repeated themselves through the generations. This is most evident as Allende uses the same name over again for all four women in the family: Nivea, Clara, Blanca, Alba. Each woman attempted to be as independent as her era allowed, yet falling for the society mores expected of an upper crust Chilean family. As the years pass, however, adhering to the higher class norms becomes harder as both family and society crumble around the Del Valle/Trueba clan.
Allende may be known for her feminist leanings, but she creates a strong, memorable male lead in Esteban Trueba. Reaching the ripe old age of ninety and telling this story alongside his grand-daughter Alba, Senator Trueba sees Chile rise, fall, and rise again. The country's hardships and successes mirror those of his own family as the Senator remains staunchly conservative even as the younger generations of his family opt for more liberal values. Trueba in his role as patriarch sees how the world has changed and holds his family together as Chile crashes around them.
Isabel fled Chile with her family and her writing has undergone changes since, depending on where she is on her life journey. This saga remains my measuring stick against which all of her other books are rated. As long as she maintains her high level of Latina magical realism, I have no difficulties rating all of her books at least 4.5 stars. Knowing that Daughter of Fortune and Portrait of Sepia make up a trilogy leading up to Los Espiritus, whenever I reread these books every few years or so, they will have to be read in succession, creating an epic family saga spanning nearly 200 years. House of the Spirits through its highs and lows will always keep its place as one of my favorite books read.
Post script:
I just re-read House of the Spirits for the fourth time as part of a group read for catching up with classics in September 2016. What I can take away from this reread of Allende's contemporary classic, is that her writing is as captivating as ever, even twenty years later. Having read her memoirs and current novel, by returning to her House of the Spirits, it is hard to tell if Alba Trueba is speaking or Allende herself, as this book appears to be a fictionalized autobiography of her family. Culling through the 90 years of Esteban Trueba's life, Chile has seen her share of hardships. Yet, by writing down memories as both Clara and Alba do, one is able to break the chain of torment, so that history is no longer doomed to repeat itself. As I have the other times I have read this masterpiece, I rate House of the Spirits 5 shining stars for Allende's outstanding prose and magical realism.
Recently, I completed Allende's memoir The Sum of Our Days. She reveals that Clara represents her own grandmother: she also had the gift of being clairvoyant and communicating with all the spirits that entered her home by way of a three-legged table and tarot cards. Handed down this gift, Allende admits that she has had a number of meaningful dreams over the years that have influenced both her writing and family life.
La Casa de Los Espiritus is a sweeping epic that spans three generations of Chilean women- Clara, Blanca, and Alba Del Valle Trueba- from post World War I up until the Pinochet coup which overthrew the Allende government (Isabel's uncle) in 1973. The opus detailed their family saga in both good times and bad, reflecting on how the same mistakes repeated themselves through the generations. This is most evident as Allende uses the same name over again for all four women in the family: Nivea, Clara, Blanca, Alba. Each woman attempted to be as independent as her era allowed, yet falling for the society mores expected of an upper crust Chilean family. As the years pass, however, adhering to the higher class norms becomes harder as both family and society crumble around the Del Valle/Trueba clan.
Allende may be known for her feminist leanings, but she creates a strong, memorable male lead in Esteban Trueba. Reaching the ripe old age of ninety and telling this story alongside his grand-daughter Alba, Senator Trueba sees Chile rise, fall, and rise again. The country's hardships and successes mirror those of his own family as the Senator remains staunchly conservative even as the younger generations of his family opt for more liberal values. Trueba in his role as patriarch sees how the world has changed and holds his family together as Chile crashes around them.
Isabel fled Chile with her family and her writing has undergone changes since, depending on where she is on her life journey. This saga remains my measuring stick against which all of her other books are rated. As long as she maintains her high level of Latina magical realism, I have no difficulties rating all of her books at least 4.5 stars. Knowing that Daughter of Fortune and Portrait of Sepia make up a trilogy leading up to Los Espiritus, whenever I reread these books every few years or so, they will have to be read in succession, creating an epic family saga spanning nearly 200 years. House of the Spirits through its highs and lows will always keep its place as one of my favorite books read.
Post script:
I just re-read House of the Spirits for the fourth time as part of a group read for catching up with classics in September 2016. What I can take away from this reread of Allende's contemporary classic, is that her writing is as captivating as ever, even twenty years later. Having read her memoirs and current novel, by returning to her House of the Spirits, it is hard to tell if Alba Trueba is speaking or Allende herself, as this book appears to be a fictionalized autobiography of her family. Culling through the 90 years of Esteban Trueba's life, Chile has seen her share of hardships. Yet, by writing down memories as both Clara and Alba do, one is able to break the chain of torment, so that history is no longer doomed to repeat itself. As I have the other times I have read this masterpiece, I rate House of the Spirits 5 shining stars for Allende's outstanding prose and magical realism.
December 27, 2023
i honestly don't know how anyone considers themselves well-read. there is just so much to read.
this one was on my mental tbr for years, and i still don't feel any closer to well-read for having picked it up. but i do feel glad i did.
the depiction of family, love, bloodlines, sorrow, magic, mortality, hatred, bigotry, politics, uprising, poverty, wealth, power here...wow!
there were moments where this lost me, but it almost immediately won me back every time. this was poetic and somehow measured even in its dramatics.
what will stay with me especially is the way that this conveyed how you can love those you don't understand, and in that way understand them...how gorgeous. if more people were able to see past the worst parts of each other it'd be a better world.
bottom line: a book you better yourself by reading.
this one was on my mental tbr for years, and i still don't feel any closer to well-read for having picked it up. but i do feel glad i did.
the depiction of family, love, bloodlines, sorrow, magic, mortality, hatred, bigotry, politics, uprising, poverty, wealth, power here...wow!
there were moments where this lost me, but it almost immediately won me back every time. this was poetic and somehow measured even in its dramatics.
what will stay with me especially is the way that this conveyed how you can love those you don't understand, and in that way understand them...how gorgeous. if more people were able to see past the worst parts of each other it'd be a better world.
bottom line: a book you better yourself by reading.
July 9, 2008
Gabriel Garcia Marquez comparisons aside, it's hard to review this book without references to the magical realism and the narrative styles of Latin America.
I truly believe that anyone not familiar with the above mentioned, would likely be a bit thrown, even put off by these influences. Still, this is a brilliantly written story, epic in its truest sense. Covering four generations of women (with a man as the common thread between them), it races through the simplicity of the old world into the complexity of an increasingly global existance and the insistance that this country enter into the morphing global economy and political stage.
The true classics know how to do one particular thing very well: They are able to capture the reader with the emotive ties to the characters in a microcosm while placing them in a grander milestone setting, historically. Many stories have attempted this balance and fall short in one aspect or another. Either the personal attachment is emphasized at the expense of the historical detail, or the historical events are diluted to platform the characters. In this case, both are developed successfully because we are introduced and weaned on to the family first and then become involved in their plight as gradually as they do. Political upheaval grew into their lives the way it grew into the narration.
It's also important to mention that by definition, this won't be a political struggle that most of the captalist population will be familiar with. Some background knowledge of the history of Chile does come in handy, especially when references are thrown in enigmatically. "The Poet" is mentioned sporadically at first, then his existance becomes poignant for a moment. The reference to Neruda, his real life exile, his political position... all of these are only subtly mentioned throughout the plot, and he is never referred to by name. So it's interesting that Allende refers to censorship by censoring herself. Clearly a conscious decision on her part, to seperate this historical novel from being a direct documentation of the history of Chile. The same holds true for the events leading up to and after the military coup and the Pinochet situation.
This story shows us what it "might" have looked like behind the scenes. What the papers were not reporting. What the news programing was cleaning up on orders of the heads of state.
This is what this story is about. In Latin America, these kinds of events are innumerable. They are part of the history, but they can not be told for the very censorship that this story speaks of. So they are told in novels and are thinly veiled as magical and exaggerated so as to hide behind such protection. But they are real, and to this day, there is a weekly procession in one of the plazas in Santiago, Chile, of people who "lost" family members to the military government. 40 years later, there are still hundreds who have not been accounted for.
With this story, Allende hooks us, reels us in, and binds us to these characters. They are funny, ecentric, tempermental, ideal, strong, weak and so much more. Their dimensionality begs us to invest in them, emotionally, so that when their lives become shaken by their setting, we are as invested in how they will deal with the challenge.
I truly believe that anyone not familiar with the above mentioned, would likely be a bit thrown, even put off by these influences. Still, this is a brilliantly written story, epic in its truest sense. Covering four generations of women (with a man as the common thread between them), it races through the simplicity of the old world into the complexity of an increasingly global existance and the insistance that this country enter into the morphing global economy and political stage.
The true classics know how to do one particular thing very well: They are able to capture the reader with the emotive ties to the characters in a microcosm while placing them in a grander milestone setting, historically. Many stories have attempted this balance and fall short in one aspect or another. Either the personal attachment is emphasized at the expense of the historical detail, or the historical events are diluted to platform the characters. In this case, both are developed successfully because we are introduced and weaned on to the family first and then become involved in their plight as gradually as they do. Political upheaval grew into their lives the way it grew into the narration.
It's also important to mention that by definition, this won't be a political struggle that most of the captalist population will be familiar with. Some background knowledge of the history of Chile does come in handy, especially when references are thrown in enigmatically. "The Poet" is mentioned sporadically at first, then his existance becomes poignant for a moment. The reference to Neruda, his real life exile, his political position... all of these are only subtly mentioned throughout the plot, and he is never referred to by name. So it's interesting that Allende refers to censorship by censoring herself. Clearly a conscious decision on her part, to seperate this historical novel from being a direct documentation of the history of Chile. The same holds true for the events leading up to and after the military coup and the Pinochet situation.
This story shows us what it "might" have looked like behind the scenes. What the papers were not reporting. What the news programing was cleaning up on orders of the heads of state.
This is what this story is about. In Latin America, these kinds of events are innumerable. They are part of the history, but they can not be told for the very censorship that this story speaks of. So they are told in novels and are thinly veiled as magical and exaggerated so as to hide behind such protection. But they are real, and to this day, there is a weekly procession in one of the plazas in Santiago, Chile, of people who "lost" family members to the military government. 40 years later, there are still hundreds who have not been accounted for.
With this story, Allende hooks us, reels us in, and binds us to these characters. They are funny, ecentric, tempermental, ideal, strong, weak and so much more. Their dimensionality begs us to invest in them, emotionally, so that when their lives become shaken by their setting, we are as invested in how they will deal with the challenge.
February 18, 2023
"If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so."
鈥擨sabel Allende.
Phewee!
The House of the Spirits is a tumultuous epic which chronicles four generations of two extraordinary families.
The eponymous house is large: it boasts three courtyards and a Chil茅an version of the Addams Family.
Imagine too, if you will, Barrab谩s, the somewhat unnatural domesticated dog/horse, who was ill-advisedly fed olive oil until he covered the house from top to bottom with diarrhoea. Blurrgh!
Following in the giant footsteps of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez, Allende lets rip with her own brand of el realismo m谩gico.
Strong female roles abound in this captivating story, from Rosa (who has the maritime grace of a mermaid), to Clara the soothsayer (whose apocalyptic visions include exploding horses and cows that are hurled into the sea), and Tr谩nsito Soto (the entrepreneurial prostitute who symbolises success in the face of adversity).
A mainstay of magical realism is that characters are expected to be beautifully realised, and Allende doesn't disappoint. Not for one bit. Her lead goes to reluctant altruist, Esteban Trueba, whose expectations of grandeur befit his pedigree, but not his habitude.
Trueba, wishing to mine for gold, takes control of a lawless chunk of godforsaken land.
Despite improving the social conditions of the peasants under his patronage, he becomes the most hated and feared scumbag in the entire region.
When done with kicking hens, throwing tantrums and raping village girls, he expects his subordinates to show him some gratitude. Seriously, what a complete arse!
Dichotomies abound: good and evil; triumph and tragedy; pride and ignominy. And the unjustified pomposity of Trueba sets him up for a hubristic turn of events.
I LOVED this novel. I am a latecomer to Allende and, with this one story, she has propelled herself onto my top tier of writers.
That said, the magical start to the story gradually capitulates to a more realismo style and does become something of a slog at times. Despite this, the craftsmanship of her writing never diminishes. The sex is fleshy and sweaty and the book is awash with anarchists, prostitutes and tables that move just by the power of thought.
隆Ay, caramba! There's even a bazooka-wielding president! As if that could ever happen! *stifles a snigger*
The House of the Spirits is stormy, dramatic and beautifully-written.
I even missed it when I was away from it!
A self-indulgent afterthought...
So skilful was Allende's writing that she turns Trueba's toxic Latino machismo on its head. Most surprisingly, you might even end up feeling sorry for the misogynistic bastard.
Those of you old enough to remember the excellent cop drama NYPD Blue might have experienced the same volte-face in respect of Detective Andy Sipowicz, the corrupt, racist, homophobic, alcoholic sleazeball who slowly begins to question the values he was raised with, and thereafter begins to win our hearts and minds. In my view, an unbelievably gifted piece of TV character writing that is rarely bettered.
鈥擨sabel Allende.
Phewee!
The House of the Spirits is a tumultuous epic which chronicles four generations of two extraordinary families.
The eponymous house is large: it boasts three courtyards and a Chil茅an version of the Addams Family.
Imagine too, if you will, Barrab谩s, the somewhat unnatural domesticated dog/horse, who was ill-advisedly fed olive oil until he covered the house from top to bottom with diarrhoea. Blurrgh!
Following in the giant footsteps of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez, Allende lets rip with her own brand of el realismo m谩gico.
Strong female roles abound in this captivating story, from Rosa (who has the maritime grace of a mermaid), to Clara the soothsayer (whose apocalyptic visions include exploding horses and cows that are hurled into the sea), and Tr谩nsito Soto (the entrepreneurial prostitute who symbolises success in the face of adversity).
A mainstay of magical realism is that characters are expected to be beautifully realised, and Allende doesn't disappoint. Not for one bit. Her lead goes to reluctant altruist, Esteban Trueba, whose expectations of grandeur befit his pedigree, but not his habitude.
Trueba, wishing to mine for gold, takes control of a lawless chunk of godforsaken land.
Despite improving the social conditions of the peasants under his patronage, he becomes the most hated and feared scumbag in the entire region.
When done with kicking hens, throwing tantrums and raping village girls, he expects his subordinates to show him some gratitude. Seriously, what a complete arse!
Dichotomies abound: good and evil; triumph and tragedy; pride and ignominy. And the unjustified pomposity of Trueba sets him up for a hubristic turn of events.
I LOVED this novel. I am a latecomer to Allende and, with this one story, she has propelled herself onto my top tier of writers.
That said, the magical start to the story gradually capitulates to a more realismo style and does become something of a slog at times. Despite this, the craftsmanship of her writing never diminishes. The sex is fleshy and sweaty and the book is awash with anarchists, prostitutes and tables that move just by the power of thought.
隆Ay, caramba! There's even a bazooka-wielding president! As if that could ever happen! *stifles a snigger*
The House of the Spirits is stormy, dramatic and beautifully-written.
I even missed it when I was away from it!
A self-indulgent afterthought...
So skilful was Allende's writing that she turns Trueba's toxic Latino machismo on its head. Most surprisingly, you might even end up feeling sorry for the misogynistic bastard.
Those of you old enough to remember the excellent cop drama NYPD Blue might have experienced the same volte-face in respect of Detective Andy Sipowicz, the corrupt, racist, homophobic, alcoholic sleazeball who slowly begins to question the values he was raised with, and thereafter begins to win our hearts and minds. In my view, an unbelievably gifted piece of TV character writing that is rarely bettered.
June 26, 2014
When I was a kid, me and my brother used to spend most weekends at our grandparents house. And most of those weekends we would watch one of the same two movies on the good ol' VCR: Steel Magnolias and The House of the Spirits. No one seems to know the latter movie when I mention it, but it starred a bunch of impressive names: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Antonio Banderas and Winona Ryder. My memory might be painting a better picture than the truth, but me and my brother LOVED the movie.
So it really kinda amazes me that it took so long for me to get my hands on the book and finally read it. It's everything I can't help but love. A rich family saga filled with drama, hardship, love, violence and a touch of magical realism. The characters that once fascinated me in the movie have reemerged in a far more complex and fleshed out depiction. It is such an interesting story, spanning multiple generations and looking at the intricate relationships between the characters whilst the background features the post-colonial political struggles of Chile.
I love the beautiful and wild South American setting. I love the subtly woven aspects of magical realism. I love (and sometimes hate) the characters. I am fascinated by even the politics of the novel and the huge disparities between the women who campaigned for gender equality and those who believed a husband ruled over his wife. This book has everything: family, politics, love, magic... I always enjoy it when a novel can bring in many different elements that we love and get the balance right.
My favourite character has always been Ferula (played by Glenn Close in the movie). I find her the most tragic character and the one most buried beneath layers of complexity, even though she isn't ever really the novel's main focus:
She was one of those people who are born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengeance, and for the most sublime forms of heroism, but she was unable to shape her fate to the dimensions of her amorous vocation, so it was lived out as something flat and grey that was trapped between her mother's sickroom walls, wretched tenements, and the tortured confessions with which this large, opulent, hot-blooded woman - made for maternity, abundance, action, and ardor - was consuming herself.
Ferula is my favourite, but she is one in a sea of very different and interesting individuals. There is, of course, Esteban Trueba. He is violent, selfish and earns very little sympathy from me over the course of the novel; that's not to say he isn't of interest, because he certainly is. And there's his wife - Clara - a woman prone to bouts of clairvoyance that have dictated the direction of her life; a direction she has accepted without complaint. Then there's Blanca, Esteban and Clara's daughter, who falls in love with Pedro Tercero against her father's wishes and constantly defies him by pursuing the relationship.
Despite the pretty cover, this book isn't without its graphic descriptions of violence and some rape scenes. It isn't a nice book, but I suppose many of the best books aren't "nice". It is, however, a wonderful portrait of a family, spread over several generations, and it is as moving and beautiful as I'd hoped.
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So it really kinda amazes me that it took so long for me to get my hands on the book and finally read it. It's everything I can't help but love. A rich family saga filled with drama, hardship, love, violence and a touch of magical realism. The characters that once fascinated me in the movie have reemerged in a far more complex and fleshed out depiction. It is such an interesting story, spanning multiple generations and looking at the intricate relationships between the characters whilst the background features the post-colonial political struggles of Chile.
I love the beautiful and wild South American setting. I love the subtly woven aspects of magical realism. I love (and sometimes hate) the characters. I am fascinated by even the politics of the novel and the huge disparities between the women who campaigned for gender equality and those who believed a husband ruled over his wife. This book has everything: family, politics, love, magic... I always enjoy it when a novel can bring in many different elements that we love and get the balance right.
My favourite character has always been Ferula (played by Glenn Close in the movie). I find her the most tragic character and the one most buried beneath layers of complexity, even though she isn't ever really the novel's main focus:
She was one of those people who are born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengeance, and for the most sublime forms of heroism, but she was unable to shape her fate to the dimensions of her amorous vocation, so it was lived out as something flat and grey that was trapped between her mother's sickroom walls, wretched tenements, and the tortured confessions with which this large, opulent, hot-blooded woman - made for maternity, abundance, action, and ardor - was consuming herself.
Ferula is my favourite, but she is one in a sea of very different and interesting individuals. There is, of course, Esteban Trueba. He is violent, selfish and earns very little sympathy from me over the course of the novel; that's not to say he isn't of interest, because he certainly is. And there's his wife - Clara - a woman prone to bouts of clairvoyance that have dictated the direction of her life; a direction she has accepted without complaint. Then there's Blanca, Esteban and Clara's daughter, who falls in love with Pedro Tercero against her father's wishes and constantly defies him by pursuing the relationship.
Despite the pretty cover, this book isn't without its graphic descriptions of violence and some rape scenes. It isn't a nice book, but I suppose many of the best books aren't "nice". It is, however, a wonderful portrait of a family, spread over several generations, and it is as moving and beautiful as I'd hoped.
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January 12, 2021
噩賵賱丞 賱丕 鬲購賳爻賶 賮賷 亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨
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賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賳胤賯 亘賯丿丕爻丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶
鬲賲噩丿 丕賱爻丨乇 丕賱兀賳孬賵賷 丕賱亘乇丕賯
鬲丨賰賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶
兀賵 丕賱兀賳孬賶 丕賱丿賵賱丞
鬲卮賷赌赌賱賷
兀乇囟 丕賱噩賳賷丕鬲 賵丕賱爻丕丨乇丕鬲 賵毓乇丕卅爻 丕賱亘丨乇
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鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳丿賲噩 亘匕乇丕鬲賰 賰賱賲丕 鬲賵睾賱鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞
丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賳毓 賲賳 賳賮爻賴丕 匕賰乇賶
鬲鬲毓丿賶 丕賳亘賴丕乇賰 亘賯胤毓丞 兀丿亘
鬲丨賮乇 毓賲賷賯丕 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賰
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丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲亘毓 鈥徺冑勜ж必� 亘乇賯丞
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亘睾賷丞 丕賱亘丨孬 亘鬲賵爻毓 毓賳 毓丕卅賱丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賵賲賯丕乇賳鬲賴丕 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
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賲賳 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞
賵 賴賰匕丕 氐賮賯鬲 亘賷丿賷 賲孬賱 胤賮賱丞 爻丕匕噩丞
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賱賯丿 禺亘賱鬲賿 賰賱丕乇丕 賱購亘賽賾賷 亘賱丕 兀賷 賲亘丕賱睾丞
賵 亘賯賵丞 賳丕賮爻鬲賿
爻賱賷賲丞 睾乇賳丕胤丞
丨鬲賶 睾賱亘賻鬲賴丕 賵丕丨鬲賱鬲 丕賱氐丿丕乇丞 賮賷 賯賱亘賷 亘賱丕 賲賳丕夭毓
賰兀丨亘 卮禺氐賷丞 兀丿亘賷丞 鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷
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賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賯氐 賰乇丕爻賷 丕賱亘賷鬲 賰賱賴 賮賷 丨囟賵乇賴丕
賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓夭賮 卮賵亘丕賳 賵丕賱亘賷丕賳賵 賲睾賱賯
賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨囟乇 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 賲毓 氐丿賷賯丕鬲賴丕 丕賱兀禺賵丕鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬 丕爻亘賵毓賷丕 亘賱丕 賰賱賱 兀賵 廿禺賮丕賯鈥�
賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓乇賮 賷賯賷賳丕 兀賳 賱睾丞 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 賱丕 鬲鬲毓丿賶 丕賱廿爻亘乇丕賳鬲賵 賵丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞
賵兀賳 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 亘賱丕 胤丕卅賱 :D
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爻乇賷乇賴丕 丕賱匕賷 鬲賱賯亘賴 亘丨乇 賴丕丿卅 賲賳 丨乇賷乇 兀夭乇賯鈥�
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賰賲丕 鬲丨丕賵賱 兀賳 鬲賳賯賱 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇 賱兀禺賷賴丕
丕賱匕賷 噩賲毓鬲賴丕 亘賴 毓賱丕賯丞 丨亘 鈥徺堎冐必з囐娯�
丕賲鬲丿鬲 賱丌禺乇 賳賮爻 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴賲丕
賱賯丿 兀賵噩毓鬲 賮賷乇賵賱丕 賯賱亘賷
賵兀賳丕 兀乇賶 賲兀爻丕鬲賴丕 賲毓 兀禺賷賴丕 賵夭賵噩鬲賴
賵賰丿鬲 兀鬲噩賲丿 丨夭賳丕
賵卮亘丨賴丕 丕賱兀亘賷囟 鈥徺娰傌必� 賲賳 賰賱丕乇丕 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 賲爻丕亍丕 賱賷胤亘毓 毓賱賶 噩亘賷賳賴丕 賯亘賱丞 丕賱賵丿丕毓
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亘丿兀鬲賿 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘乇爻丕賱丞
鬲亘毓孬賴丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 廿賱賶 噩丿賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲囟乇 丕賱賲賳丕賴夭 賲卅丞 毓丕賲 賵丕賳鬲賴鬲 賯胤毓丞 鈥徺呚ㄙ囏必� 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘
賱丕 兀賰丕丿 兀氐丿賯 兀賳賴丕 毓賲賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱兀賵賱
賵丕賱匕賷 亘賯賶 丕賱兀卮賴乇 賵丕賱兀賰孬乇 廿匕賴丕賱丕
毓丕卮鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賰鬲亘賴丕 賮丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲賳 賱丨賲 賵丿賲
賵兀亘賴丕賴賲 賰賱丕乇丕 丕賱鬲賷 亘亘爻丕胤丞 鈥徹ㄙ勜� 賱亘賷
賵丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲賲丿鬲賴丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賲賳 噩丿鬲賴丕 丕賱兀孬賷乇賷丞 氐丿賷賯丞 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨
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賱賯丿 鬲賲賳賷鬲購 兀賳 兀噩丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷
賮賯乇丕亍丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 亘賳賰賴鬲賴
賰丕賳鬲 賱鬲賰賵賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賲噩丿丿丕
賰丕賳 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷 賱賷噩毓賱 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賳丞
鬲乇賶 丕賱噩賳賷丕鬲 賮賷賴丕 賳丨賷賮丕鬲 鈥徹促佖з佖ж�
賷胤乇賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賰 亘兀噩賳丨丞 匕賴亘賷丞
賰丕賳 賱賷噩毓賱 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 鬲賴賷賲 亘賱賵賳 丕賱賮囟丞
賵兀賳鬲 噩賵丕乇賴丕 鬲鬲賳卮賯 夭賴賵乇 賰賱丕乇丕
賵鬲爻賲毓 賯乇賯乇丞 丕賱賯胤胤 鈥徹з勜池官娯� 丕賱賱胤賷賮丞
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賲賳 毓噩丕卅亘賷丕鬲 賵胤乇丕卅賮 亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱亘丨乇賷
乇賲賵夭 毓噩賷亘丞 賵 兀賳氐丕賮 賲禺亘賵賱賷賳
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丕賱賯亘毓丞 丕賱噩賱丿賷丞 賵毓賱亘鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賯亘毓鬲 爻賳賵丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯亘賵 丨丕賲賱丞 乇兀爻 賳賷賮賷丕 賮丕賱賷賴 賵丕賱匕賷 賵噩丿鬲賴 賰賱丕乇丕 亘賯賵丞 丕賱廿賱賴丕賲 鈥徺堌囏� 亘毓丿 兀賳 賮卮賱 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賮賷 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賷賴
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賲匕賰乇丕鬲 丕賱禺丕賱 賲丕乇賰賵爻 毓賳 丕賱亘丨乇 賵丕賱鬲賷 丿賵賳 賮賷賴丕 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賴 賵丨賰丕賷丕 丕賱噩賳賷丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲賷 爻賰賳鬲 兀丨賱丕賲 鈥徹迟勜з勜� 噩賷賱丕 亘毓丿 噩賷賱
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胤丕賵賱丞 禺卮亘 丕賱爻賳丿賷丕賳 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞
賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賲賱鬲 毓賻鬲賻賴 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 毓亘乇 賯乇賳
鬲賲 鬲卮乇賷丨 乇賵夭丕 毓賱賷賴丕 鈥�
賰賲丕 毓乇賮鬲 兀賯丿丕賲 噩賷賲 噩賷丿丕
賵賴賵 賷乇賯氐 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱賮賱丕賲賳賰賵 鈥� 賰丕賱賲禺亘賵賱
賵丕爻鬲囟丕賮鬲 亘賱丕 賰賱賱 噩賱爻丕鬲 鬲丨囟賷乇 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨
賵賴賷 鬲乇賯氐 亘賳賮爻賴丕 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賵鬲賴鬲夭 亘賱丕 鬲賵賯賮 鈥� :D
亘丕賱丕囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 賰賵賳賴丕 胤丕賵賱丞 胤毓丕賲
賲爻鬲毓賲賱丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 丿賵賲丕!
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兀賳 鬲乇丿賴丕 毓賳 禺乇爻賴丕
賮毓賲丿鬲 廿賱賶 鈥徹ヘж必� 乇毓亘賴丕 賵賮夭毓賴丕 賱賲丿丿 胤賵賷賱丞
賵賱賱賲賮丕乇賯丞 賲丕鬲鬲 丕賱賳丕賳丕 賮賷 夭賱夭丕賱
賱賷爻 鬲丨鬲 丕賱兀賳賯丕囟 貙貙貙 賵賱賰賳 賲賳 丕賱乇毓亘!鈥�
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氐乇丕丨丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賵賰丕賳 賳賷乇賵丿丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇賲夭丕 丨賱賵 賵賲乇丕
賱鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳夭賮 鈥�
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兀胤賱賾 廿賳爻丕賳賹 毓賱賶 丕賱丿賳賷丕
賵爻胤 賰孬賷乇賷賳
賲賲賳 丕噩鬲丕夭賵丕 丕賱賲禺丕囟
禺丕囟 睾賲丕乇 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賵爻胤 賮賷囟 賲賳 丕賱亘卮乇
賲賲賳 囟乇亘賵丕 賲孬賱賴 賮賷 卮毓丕亘賴丕
賱賷爻 匕賱賰 賵丨丿賴 亘丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱鬲賱賷丿
賲孬賱賲丕 丕賱兀乇囟 匕丕鬲賴丕
賯賱亘 鬲卮賷賱賷 丨賷孬
鬲乇禺賷 丕賱賰乇賵賲 囟賮丕卅乇賴丕 丕賱禺囟乇丕亍
賵鬲賯鬲丕鬲 丕賱兀毓賳丕亘 賲賳 丕賱賳賵乇
賷賵賱丿 丕賱賳亘賷匕貙 賲賳 兀賯丿丕賲 丕賱賳丕爻
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賲賱丨賵馗丞 兀禺賷乇丞
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賱丕 鬲賯乇兀 鬲乇噩賲丞 丿丕乇 丕賱噩賳丿賷
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賮賷賴丕 爻賲 賯丕鬲賱
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賮賷賴丕 爻賲 賯丕鬲賱
賵廿賳 丕卮鬲乇賷鬲 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷 賮兀鬲賲賳賶 兀賳 鬲亘丿兀 賮賷 鬲氐賵賷乇賴丕
賴匕賴 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賲賳鬲馗乇丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 賵賳爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 鬲鬲丕丨 賱賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕
August 15, 2022
丕乇賵丕丨賳丕 賱丕 賲賰丕賳 賱賴丕 亘賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵 賱賵 爻賰賳丕 亘賷賵鬲 賲賳 兀賱賮 睾乇賮丞貨
賳馗賱 賳乇賰囟 亘噩賳賵賳 禺賱賮 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 丕賱丨亘..丕賱賲丕賱 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱貨丕賱毓丿賱 賵 丕賱爻賱胤丞貨丕賱爻賷丕丿丞 賵 丕賱丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱
毓亘乇 75 毓丕賲 賵 孬賱丕锟斤拷 丕爻乇 鬲丕禺匕賳丕 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 賱賳賱賴孬 禺賱賮 丕賱爻乇丕亘 賵 賳鬲賴丕賵賶 鬲丨鬲 禺賷亘丕鬲 丕賱丕賲賱 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賯丿賷賲 賮鬲丨 賱丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕亘賵丕亘 丕賱丕丿亘
..賳賳賴囟 賱賳毓丕賳賷 丕賱毓夭賱丞 賵 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵 丕賱丕睾鬲乇丕亘 賱賷賴夭賲賳丕 丕賱賲賵鬲 賮賳賮賯丿 丕賱丕丨亘丞 賵 鬲賮鬲乇爻賳丕 丕乇賵丕丨 賴丕卅賲丞 鬲亘睾賶 毓丿賱丕 賱賲 鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 丿賳賷丕賳丕
賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 丕乇睾亘 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓丞 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 賵 丕鬲乇丕噩毓 鈽�
賱丕賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲噩賱亘 丕賱丕 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱 賮賱賳賯賳毓 亘賲丕 賴賵 賲鬲丕丨 鈽嗀�
賴賳丕賰 丕賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓噩賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 鬲鬲賲賳丕賴 鬲爻鬲毓匕亘賴
賵 賱賰賳 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 賲丕 賴賵 丕爻賵兀 賲賳 禺賵賮賳丕 賲賳 丕賱禺賵賮 賵 乇賵丕賷鬲賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵 丕賱氐乇丕毓 丕賱丕亘丿賶 囟丿賴
孬賱丕孬 毓丕卅賱丕鬲 賲賳 孬賱丕孬 丕毓乇丕賯 爻賳乇賶 賰賷賮 爻鬲鬲氐丕賴乇
賱鬲卮賰賱 賲爻禺丕 賷爻賲賶: 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 乇睾賲丕 毓賳 丕賳賮 丕賱噩賲賷毓:
毓丕卅賱丞 丿賷賱 亘丕賷賷賴 丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞貨 賵 毓丕卅賱丞 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 丕賱賯卮鬲丕賱賷丞-丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 貨賵 毓丕卅賱丞 噩丕乇爻賷丕 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 鬲賲賳丨 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱氐丿丕乇丞 賱亘胤賱 賵 賱賷爻 亘胤賱丞 賵 丕賳 賰丕賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賴賳丕 賴賵 丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱賲胤賱賯 亘丿丕卅乇鬲賴 賵 鬲賰乇丕乇賴丕 丕賱丕亘丿賷
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賳賷賮賷丕- 賰賱丕乇丕-亘賱丕賳賰丕- 兀賱亘丕 : 賲賳 丕賱噩丿丞 丕賱賷 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨賮賷丿丞 賰賱賴賳 鬲賯丕爻賲賳 丕爻賲丕亍 賲毓賳丕賴丕 : 丕賱亘賷丕囟 賵 丕賱賳氐丕毓丞 賵 丕賱賰卮賮..賵 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕丨丿丕賴賳 鬲囟賲乇 毓賰爻 賲丕 鬲馗賴乇 亘賱 賰賳 賵丕囟丨丕鬲 丿賵賲丕貨 鬲賯丕爻賲賳 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞 賵 毓丿賲 丕賱鬲賰賱賮 賵 丕丨賷丕賳丕" 丕賱毓亘胤" ..賳賷賮賷丕 丕賱噩丿丞 "丕賱賳爻賵賷丞"賵囟毓鬲賴賳 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯 丕賱丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱 賵丕賱毓胤丕亍 賵 賮毓賱 丕賱禺賷乇 賵 賲卮丕乇賰丞 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 丕賱丕賲賴賲 貨
賲賳賴賳 賲賳 賵馗賮鬲 噩賴賵丿賴丕 賱丕賴丿丕賮 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞/爻賷丕爻賷丞 賲孬賱 賳賷賮賷丕 賵 丕賱亘丕
丕賲丕 賰賱丕乇丕 賵 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賰丕賳丕 丕賰孬乇 毓胤丕亍 賱賱亘爻胤丕亍 賲亘丕卮乇丞
賲賮鬲丕丨賴賳 : 丕賱丨亘
鬲賲賳賷鬲 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賰賱丕乇丕 賳丕賮匕丞 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 丕賱賲賯鬲亘爻丞 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丞 噩丿丞 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 貨 賵 賱賰賳 賱賱丕爻賮 丕賯乇亘賴賲 賱卮禺氐賷鬲賶 : 亘賱丕賳賰丕
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丕噩賲賱 賲禺賱賵賯丞 賵賱丿鬲 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 丕賱丕乇囟 賲賳匕 丕夭賲賳丞 丕賱禺胤賷卅丞 " 賰賲丕 氐乇禺鬲 丕賱賯丕亘賱丞 賱丿賶 乇丐賷丞 噩賲丕賱賴丕 丕賱賲亘賴乇 ..丨賵乇賷丞 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵 鬲賲孬賱 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱丞 賵 丕賱丕丨賱丕賲 丕賱賲噩賴囟丞 貨 賵 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 賱賷爻 賲爻賲賵丨丕 賱賳丕 亘丕賲鬲賱丕賰賴 毓賱賶 丕賱丕乇囟..噩賲丕賱賴丕 丕賱亘丨乇賷 丕賱胤丕亘毓 賷丐賰丿 丕賳 丕賱禺賱丕氐 丿賵賲丕 賷賰賵賳 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱鬲乇丕亘 賵 丕賯乇亘 賱賱賲丕亍 亘胤賴丕乇鬲賴
馃挘 丕賷爻鬲亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕
丕賳賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱匕賷 鬲匕亘賱 丕賱賳亘丕鬲丕鬲 毓賳丿.丿禺賵賱賴
丕賱丕爻丿 丕賱睾囟賵亘貨 丕賱毓氐丕賲賷 丕賱賮丕卮賷貨丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 丕賱爻丕禺胤 丕賱丕賯胤丕毓賷 丕賱丕亘丿賷
爻賱賷賱 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 丕賱賲丕賱賰丞 賮賷 亘賷乇賵 賵 丕賱匕賷 鬲丿賮丕 賮賷 胤賮賵賱鬲賴 亘賵乇賯 丕賱氐丨賮 賵 賲卮賷 丕賲賷丕賱 賱丕賳賴 賱丕 賷賲賱賰 丕噩乇 丕賱鬲乇丕賲 賮氐丕乇 毓夭賷夭 賯賵賲 匕賱 ..爻賰賳賴 丕賱睾囟亘 賲賳 丕亘賷賴 賵 賲賳 禺爻丕乇鬲賴 丕賱賮丕丿丨丞 賱乇賵爻丕 賮賷 賷賵賲 丕賳鬲氐丕乇賴 毓賱賶 丕賱賮賯乇 貨賵 丕禺乇噩 賲乇丕乇鬲賴 賯賷丨丕 賵 氐丿賷丿丕 毓賳賷賮丕 毓賱賶 賰賱 賲賳 賷噩丿賴 丕賯賱 賲賳賴 賵 鬲噩賱賷 賮賷 乇丨賱丕鬲 丕氐胤賷丕丿賴 賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 囟賷毓鬲賴 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳 賷乇丕賴賳 賲賱賰 賷賲賷賳賴 賰毓丕丿丞 丕賯胤丕毓賷 丕賱賯乇賵賳 丕賱睾丕亘乇丞貨 丨鬲賶 丕丨亘 賰賱丕乇丕 ..賵 賲賳 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷丨亘 賰賱丕乇丕責
兀毓胤鬲賴 丕賱丿賳賷丕 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賵 丕賱賲丕賱 亘丕賱賷賲賷賳 賵丕禺匕鬲 賲賳賴 亘丕賱卮賲丕賱 丨乇賲鬲賴 丕賱乇丐賷丞 丕賱毓丕丿賱丞 賵 丨亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賵 丕亘賳丕丐賴貨 賵 丨乇賲賴 胤亘毓賴 丕賱爻賷亍 賲賳 丨亘 賲毓馗賲 賲賳 賯丕亘賱賴 丨鬲賶 鬲囟丕亍賱 毓賳丿 鬲丕賰丿賴 賲賳 兀禺胤丕卅賴 賲鬲兀禺乇丕 賵 丕賳丕 賲賳 丕賱賲丐賲賳賷賳 亘賲亘丿兀 亘丕乇賷鬲賵 80/20 賵 賴賵 賰丕賳 賷賲賳丨 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 % 丕賱胤賷亘丞 賲賳賴 賱乇賵爻丕 賵 賰賱丕乇丕 賵 丕賱亘丕 賮賯胤 賵 丕賱亘丕賯賷賳 賱丕 賷爻鬲丨賯賵賳 賲賳賴 丕賱丕 :胤亘毓賴 丕賱爻賷亍
賲賮鬲丕丨 卮禺氐賷鬲賴 : 丕賱賰亘乇
陇陇陇陇 賮賷賵乇賷賱丕 鬲乇賵亘賷丕
毓賳丿賲丕 賷賮賵鬲 丕賱賯胤丕乇 鬲禺鬲賱 丕賱賯乇丕乇丕鬲 賵 丕賱兀賵賱賵賷丕鬲 賵 賯丿 賷丿賴爻賳丕
賴賷 賵 丕禺賷賴丕 賰丕賳丕 囟丨賷丞 丿賲 賮丕爻丿 賵乇孬丕賴 賲賳 丕亘賷賴賲丕 丕賱賲爻鬲賴鬲乇 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賱賴 丕孬乇丕 賲丿賲乇丕 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱丕爻乇丞 丕賱丕賰孬乇 鬲毓賯賷丿丕 毓亘乇 丕賱丕丿亘 賵 鬲噩賱賶 賮爻丕丿 丕賱丕氐賱 亘賰賱 賯爻賵丞 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱丨賮賷丿 丕賱爻丕丿賶 丕賷爻鬲亘丕賳 噩丕乇爻賷丕 /鬲乇賵亘賷丕
* 亘賷丿乇賵 睾丕乇爻賷丕
- * 賲賷睾賷賱
*丕賱卮丕毓乇= 賳賷乇賵丿丕
丕賱孬丕卅乇 丕賱賴鬲賷賮 丕賱賲禺賱氐 賱賲亘丕丿卅賴 丕賱匕賶 賷賳丕丿賶 亘丨賯賵賯 賲賴丿乇丞 賮賷賴丿乇 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 賵 賲賳 丨賵賱賴 ..賮賯胤 賱賰賷 賷賮賴賲 丕賱丕睾亘賷丕亍 丕亘爻胤 丨賯賵賯賴賲
賲賮鬲丕丨賴賲 : 丕賱毓丿賱
-禺丕賷賲賷
-爻賱賮丕丿賵乇 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶
賰丕賳鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱胤亘賷亘 丕賱賲鬲賮丕賳賷 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷 :禺丕賷賲賷 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 丕賳毓賰丕爻 賱乇卅賷爻 鬲卮賷賱賱賷 丕賱賲睾鬲丕賱 爻賱賮丕丿賵乇 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 丕賱胤亘賷亘 丕賱噩乇丕丨 丕賱匕賷 氐丕乇 丕賵賱 乇卅賷爻 賷爻丕乇賷 賲賳鬲禺亘 賮賷 丕賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵 賰丕賳 丕賱乇亘毓 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰乇爻丕 賱禺胤賵丕鬲 丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷 毓賱賷賴 賵丕賱匕賷 乇丕丨 囟丨賷鬲賴 乇亘毓 賲賱賷賵賳 賲賳 亘賱丿 鬲毓丿丕丿賴 2 賲賱賷賵賳 賮賯胤
賵 亘毓丿 賮賵丕鬲 丕賱兀賵丕賳 賮賴賲 丕賱賰賱 丕賳賴賲 賮賷 爻賮賷賳丞 賵胤賳 賵丕丨丿丞 賵 爻賷丿賮毓賵賳 丕賱孬賲賳 賲毓丕 ..賵 賳丿賲 賲賳 卮丕乇賰賵丕 賮賷賴 丕噩賲毓賷賳 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿
賵 賯丿 丕毓丕丿鬲 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲賮氐賷賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賲胤 賮賷 賳賲賵匕噩 丕賱胤亘賷亘: 鬲丕賵 卮賷賳 賮賷 氐賵乇丞 毓鬲賷賯丞 賱鬲丐賰丿 丕賳 丕賱禺賷乇 賰丕賳 賵 爻賷亘賯賶 賵 爻賷爻鬲賲乇
賵 亘賰孬丕賮丞 賱丕 鬲氐丿賯 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿 賯丿 鬲禺賳賯 丕賱亘毓囟 貨 賵 亘噩乇丕丞 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 賮賷 毓乇囟 賲丕 賴賵 賲爻賰賵鬲 毓賳賴 亘賱睾丞 丕禺丕匕丞 賵 丕爻乇丞 賮賷 賲胤賱毓 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷賳丕鬲貨 賲賴丿鬲 丕賱胤乇賷賯 賱丕丿亘 賲鬲賰丕賲賱 賳賮鬲賯丿賴
賱鬲丐賰丿 丕賳 "丕賱乇賵丕賷丞" 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 兀賰亘乇 丕賱鬲毓賵賷囟丕鬲 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕亘鬲賰丕乇賴丕 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳..
卮丕乇賰鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賲毓 氐丨亘丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賲賳 丕賱噩賵賵丿乇賷丿夭 賵 丕賱丕噩賲賱 丕賳賴丕 丕夭丿丕丿鬲 毓丿丿丕 亘賲乇賵乇 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賮夭丕丿鬲 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賲鬲毓丞 毓賱賶 賲鬲毓丞
丕卮賰乇賰賲 鈾�
賳馗賱 賳乇賰囟 亘噩賳賵賳 禺賱賮 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 丕賱丨亘..丕賱賲丕賱 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱貨丕賱毓丿賱 賵 丕賱爻賱胤丞貨丕賱爻賷丕丿丞 賵 丕賱丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱
毓亘乇 75 毓丕賲 賵 孬賱丕锟斤拷 丕爻乇 鬲丕禺匕賳丕 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 賱賳賱賴孬 禺賱賮 丕賱爻乇丕亘 賵 賳鬲賴丕賵賶 鬲丨鬲 禺賷亘丕鬲 丕賱丕賲賱 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賯丿賷賲 賮鬲丨 賱丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕亘賵丕亘 丕賱丕丿亘
..賳賳賴囟 賱賳毓丕賳賷 丕賱毓夭賱丞 賵 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵 丕賱丕睾鬲乇丕亘 賱賷賴夭賲賳丕 丕賱賲賵鬲 賮賳賮賯丿 丕賱丕丨亘丞 賵 鬲賮鬲乇爻賳丕 丕乇賵丕丨 賴丕卅賲丞 鬲亘睾賶 毓丿賱丕 賱賲 鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 丿賳賷丕賳丕
賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 丕乇睾亘 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓丞 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 賵 丕鬲乇丕噩毓 鈽�
賱丕賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲噩賱亘 丕賱丕 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱 賮賱賳賯賳毓 亘賲丕 賴賵 賲鬲丕丨 鈽嗀�
賴賳丕賰 丕賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓噩賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 鬲鬲賲賳丕賴 鬲爻鬲毓匕亘賴
賵 賱賰賳 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 賲丕 賴賵 丕爻賵兀 賲賳 禺賵賮賳丕 賲賳 丕賱禺賵賮 賵 乇賵丕賷鬲賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵 丕賱氐乇丕毓 丕賱丕亘丿賶 囟丿賴
孬賱丕孬 毓丕卅賱丕鬲 賲賳 孬賱丕孬 丕毓乇丕賯 爻賳乇賶 賰賷賮 爻鬲鬲氐丕賴乇
賱鬲卮賰賱 賲爻禺丕 賷爻賲賶: 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 乇睾賲丕 毓賳 丕賳賮 丕賱噩賲賷毓:
毓丕卅賱丞 丿賷賱 亘丕賷賷賴 丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞貨 賵 毓丕卅賱丞 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 丕賱賯卮鬲丕賱賷丞-丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 貨賵 毓丕卅賱丞 噩丕乇爻賷丕 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 鬲賲賳丨 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱氐丿丕乇丞 賱亘胤賱 賵 賱賷爻 亘胤賱丞 賵 丕賳 賰丕賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賴賳丕 賴賵 丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱賲胤賱賯 亘丿丕卅乇鬲賴 賵 鬲賰乇丕乇賴丕 丕賱丕亘丿賷
'''' 鈾� 丕賱亘賷囟丕賵丕鬲 丕賱丕乇亘毓
賳賷賮賷丕- 賰賱丕乇丕-亘賱丕賳賰丕- 兀賱亘丕 : 賲賳 丕賱噩丿丞 丕賱賷 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨賮賷丿丞 賰賱賴賳 鬲賯丕爻賲賳 丕爻賲丕亍 賲毓賳丕賴丕 : 丕賱亘賷丕囟 賵 丕賱賳氐丕毓丞 賵 丕賱賰卮賮..賵 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕丨丿丕賴賳 鬲囟賲乇 毓賰爻 賲丕 鬲馗賴乇 亘賱 賰賳 賵丕囟丨丕鬲 丿賵賲丕貨 鬲賯丕爻賲賳 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞 賵 毓丿賲 丕賱鬲賰賱賮 賵 丕丨賷丕賳丕" 丕賱毓亘胤" ..賳賷賮賷丕 丕賱噩丿丞 "丕賱賳爻賵賷丞"賵囟毓鬲賴賳 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯 丕賱丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱 賵丕賱毓胤丕亍 賵 賮毓賱 丕賱禺賷乇 賵 賲卮丕乇賰丞 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 丕賱丕賲賴賲 貨
賲賳賴賳 賲賳 賵馗賮鬲 噩賴賵丿賴丕 賱丕賴丿丕賮 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞/爻賷丕爻賷丞 賲孬賱 賳賷賮賷丕 賵 丕賱亘丕
丕賲丕 賰賱丕乇丕 賵 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賰丕賳丕 丕賰孬乇 毓胤丕亍 賱賱亘爻胤丕亍 賲亘丕卮乇丞
賲賮鬲丕丨賴賳 : 丕賱丨亘
鬲賲賳賷鬲 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賰賱丕乇丕 賳丕賮匕丞 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 丕賱賲賯鬲亘爻丞 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丞 噩丿丞 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 貨 賵 賱賰賳 賱賱丕爻賮 丕賯乇亘賴賲 賱卮禺氐賷鬲賶 : 亘賱丕賳賰丕
鈽� 鈽� 乇賵爻丕
丕噩賲賱 賲禺賱賵賯丞 賵賱丿鬲 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 丕賱丕乇囟 賲賳匕 丕夭賲賳丞 丕賱禺胤賷卅丞 " 賰賲丕 氐乇禺鬲 丕賱賯丕亘賱丞 賱丿賶 乇丐賷丞 噩賲丕賱賴丕 丕賱賲亘賴乇 ..丨賵乇賷丞 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵 鬲賲孬賱 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱丞 賵 丕賱丕丨賱丕賲 丕賱賲噩賴囟丞 貨 賵 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 賱賷爻 賲爻賲賵丨丕 賱賳丕 亘丕賲鬲賱丕賰賴 毓賱賶 丕賱丕乇囟..噩賲丕賱賴丕 丕賱亘丨乇賷 丕賱胤丕亘毓 賷丐賰丿 丕賳 丕賱禺賱丕氐 丿賵賲丕 賷賰賵賳 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱鬲乇丕亘 賵 丕賯乇亘 賱賱賲丕亍 亘胤賴丕乇鬲賴
馃挘 丕賷爻鬲亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕
丕賳賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱匕賷 鬲匕亘賱 丕賱賳亘丕鬲丕鬲 毓賳丿.丿禺賵賱賴
丕賱丕爻丿 丕賱睾囟賵亘貨 丕賱毓氐丕賲賷 丕賱賮丕卮賷貨丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 丕賱爻丕禺胤 丕賱丕賯胤丕毓賷 丕賱丕亘丿賷
爻賱賷賱 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 丕賱賲丕賱賰丞 賮賷 亘賷乇賵 賵 丕賱匕賷 鬲丿賮丕 賮賷 胤賮賵賱鬲賴 亘賵乇賯 丕賱氐丨賮 賵 賲卮賷 丕賲賷丕賱 賱丕賳賴 賱丕 賷賲賱賰 丕噩乇 丕賱鬲乇丕賲 賮氐丕乇 毓夭賷夭 賯賵賲 匕賱 ..爻賰賳賴 丕賱睾囟亘 賲賳 丕亘賷賴 賵 賲賳 禺爻丕乇鬲賴 丕賱賮丕丿丨丞 賱乇賵爻丕 賮賷 賷賵賲 丕賳鬲氐丕乇賴 毓賱賶 丕賱賮賯乇 貨賵 丕禺乇噩 賲乇丕乇鬲賴 賯賷丨丕 賵 氐丿賷丿丕 毓賳賷賮丕 毓賱賶 賰賱 賲賳 賷噩丿賴 丕賯賱 賲賳賴 賵 鬲噩賱賷 賮賷 乇丨賱丕鬲 丕氐胤賷丕丿賴 賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 囟賷毓鬲賴 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳 賷乇丕賴賳 賲賱賰 賷賲賷賳賴 賰毓丕丿丞 丕賯胤丕毓賷 丕賱賯乇賵賳 丕賱睾丕亘乇丞貨 丨鬲賶 丕丨亘 賰賱丕乇丕 ..賵 賲賳 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷丨亘 賰賱丕乇丕責
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賲賮鬲丕丨 卮禺氐賷鬲賴 : 丕賱賰亘乇
陇陇陇陇 賮賷賵乇賷賱丕 鬲乇賵亘賷丕
毓賳丿賲丕 賷賮賵鬲 丕賱賯胤丕乇 鬲禺鬲賱 丕賱賯乇丕乇丕鬲 賵 丕賱兀賵賱賵賷丕鬲 賵 賯丿 賷丿賴爻賳丕
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* 亘賷丿乇賵 睾丕乇爻賷丕
- * 賲賷睾賷賱
*丕賱卮丕毓乇= 賳賷乇賵丿丕
丕賱孬丕卅乇 丕賱賴鬲賷賮 丕賱賲禺賱氐 賱賲亘丕丿卅賴 丕賱匕賶 賷賳丕丿賶 亘丨賯賵賯 賲賴丿乇丞 賮賷賴丿乇 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 賵 賲賳 丨賵賱賴 ..賮賯胤 賱賰賷 賷賮賴賲 丕賱丕睾亘賷丕亍 丕亘爻胤 丨賯賵賯賴賲
賲賮鬲丕丨賴賲 : 丕賱毓丿賱
-禺丕賷賲賷
-爻賱賮丕丿賵乇 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶
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賱鬲丐賰丿 丕賳 "丕賱乇賵丕賷丞" 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 兀賰亘乇 丕賱鬲毓賵賷囟丕鬲 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕亘鬲賰丕乇賴丕 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳..
卮丕乇賰鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賲毓 氐丨亘丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賲賳 丕賱噩賵賵丿乇賷丿夭 賵 丕賱丕噩賲賱 丕賳賴丕 丕夭丿丕丿鬲 毓丿丿丕 亘賲乇賵乇 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賮夭丕丿鬲 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賲鬲毓丞 毓賱賶 賲鬲毓丞
丕卮賰乇賰賲 鈾�
February 1, 2025
鈽€锔� The novel is relentless and brutal, moving us on in a breakneck kind of way. The author takes few breaths herself and we hurtle with little air through the dark tunnels of her tale. If you are able to bear the weight of her words, and the beauty, pain and savagery that afflicts every character, you will find a redemptive element at the very end where and when you least expect it. Just remember her family history, for I set that aside as I read, so that the final 100 pages hit me as if the sky had fallen in.
Not for everyone. Those who can bear up under its fierce agonies and ecstasies will, I hope, see what they need to see and find what they need to find.
鈽€锔廡he author is 80 now. Soon I will pick up Paula, which is her story of her life, for it has remained waiting on my bookshelf a number of years, aware there would be a right moment.
Not for everyone. Those who can bear up under its fierce agonies and ecstasies will, I hope, see what they need to see and find what they need to find.
鈽€锔廡he author is 80 now. Soon I will pick up Paula, which is her story of her life, for it has remained waiting on my bookshelf a number of years, aware there would be a right moment.
December 28, 2009
2.5 stars, actually. (Still waiting for 欧宝娱乐 to give me that half-star option.) Let's be honest, Isabel Allende is chick lit that you're not embarrassed to read on the Metro. It's got just enough faux-Garcia-Marquez, magical-realism-lite charm to fool people into thinking it's moderately intellectual. I don't have a big problem with that (as long as people realize what's going on) because Allende is a fine storyteller. This novel, her first and most famous, is a fairly traditional family saga following three generations of an upper-class Chilean family from the early 20th century to the Pinochet era. The writing is lovely throughout, with vivid descriptions particularly of places and characters' physical surroundings.
The book's weak spot, however, is characterization. For a genre that depends so much on having the reader care deeply about the characters, Allende does a pretty poor job accomplishing that. I think her main problem is that she hadn't quite yet mastered the "show, don't tell" rule of writing. Instead of revealing Esteban Trueba's stubbornness and pride through his actions, she'd just tell us, "Esteban Trueba was stubborn and proud." It was mostly unconvincing and made many of the characters seem flat and two-dimensional, and you never really got that important sense of who they were as people.
Other problems: Allende has always been an author who writes about strong women, but the women in this book, not so much. I mean, when one male character beats his wife until her teeth fall out, her response (depicted as brave by the narrator) is to not talk to him for a couple years. Silence is the author's idea of female empowerment and resistance - huh? Anyway, on top of that, the only sections of first-person narration in the novel are from the point of view of the patriarch. So, yeah, problematic on that level. And just a nitpick, but she way overuses foreshadowing. Dramatically hinting at what's going to happen a few chapters on is effective once or twice, but not over and over.
Well, I realize it sounds like I hated the book, but as a story it was pretty enjoyable. At least the first half. The second half, which tracks Chilean politics and real-life events through Salvador Allende's election and Pinochet's military coup, is uninteresting and unsurprising to anyone who knows anything about 20th century Chilean history. But the first half, which is more of a romantic love story, is pretty good. I'm keeping this at 3 stars for the soft spot I have for Allende's later books, which tell stories that are (I think) more unique and compelling.
P.S. Sorry for the long review, but I spent a full month reading this book in Spanish so I feel like I've got to get my money's worth, so to speak.
The book's weak spot, however, is characterization. For a genre that depends so much on having the reader care deeply about the characters, Allende does a pretty poor job accomplishing that. I think her main problem is that she hadn't quite yet mastered the "show, don't tell" rule of writing. Instead of revealing Esteban Trueba's stubbornness and pride through his actions, she'd just tell us, "Esteban Trueba was stubborn and proud." It was mostly unconvincing and made many of the characters seem flat and two-dimensional, and you never really got that important sense of who they were as people.
Other problems: Allende has always been an author who writes about strong women, but the women in this book, not so much. I mean, when one male character beats his wife until her teeth fall out, her response (depicted as brave by the narrator) is to not talk to him for a couple years. Silence is the author's idea of female empowerment and resistance - huh? Anyway, on top of that, the only sections of first-person narration in the novel are from the point of view of the patriarch. So, yeah, problematic on that level. And just a nitpick, but she way overuses foreshadowing. Dramatically hinting at what's going to happen a few chapters on is effective once or twice, but not over and over.
Well, I realize it sounds like I hated the book, but as a story it was pretty enjoyable. At least the first half. The second half, which tracks Chilean politics and real-life events through Salvador Allende's election and Pinochet's military coup, is uninteresting and unsurprising to anyone who knows anything about 20th century Chilean history. But the first half, which is more of a romantic love story, is pretty good. I'm keeping this at 3 stars for the soft spot I have for Allende's later books, which tell stories that are (I think) more unique and compelling.
P.S. Sorry for the long review, but I spent a full month reading this book in Spanish so I feel like I've got to get my money's worth, so to speak.
December 22, 2021
(Book 276 from 1001 books) - La Casa De Los Esp铆ritus = The House of The Spirits, Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits, is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. It became an instant best seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom. The novel was named Best Novel of the Year in Chile in 1982, and Allende received the country's Panorama Literario award. The House of the Spirits has been translated into over 37 languages.
The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile 鈥� though the country's name, and the names of figures closely paralleling historical ones, such as "the President" or "the Poet", are never explicitly given. The story is told mainly from the perspective of two protagonists (Esteban and Alba) and incorporates elements of magical realism.
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賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: (禺丕賳賴 丕乇賵丕丨: 芦賳丕賳丕禄 賴賲趩賳丕賳 亘乇噩丕蹖 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 丿爻鬲賴丕蹖 趩賱蹖倬丕 卮丿賴 丕卮貙 卮丕賱卮 乇丕 亘乇 爻蹖賳賴 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘賴 賳蹖賲讴鬲 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿貙 賵 芦賳丕賳丕禄 卮乇賲诏蹖賳丕賳賴 噩賱賵 丌賲丿貙 賵 讴賳丕乇卮 賳卮爻鬲貨 丕夭 夭賲丕賳蹖讴賴 芦賳丕賳丕禄貙 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 蹖 芦爻賵乇賵禄 夭蹖爻鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 丕蹖賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳賴賲賴 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘卮 賳夭丿蹖讴 賲蹖卮丿貨 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 賵 丕賵貙 丿賵 賱蹖賵丕賳 亘丕丿賴 乇蹖禺鬲貙 賵 噩丕賲 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕 賱丕噩乇毓賴 爻乇 讴卮蹖丿貨 爻乇 乇丕 賲蹖丕賳 丿賵 丿爻鬲 诏乇賮鬲貙 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 趩賳诏 賲蹖夭丿 賵 亘丕 丿賳丿丕賳賴丕蹖 亘賴 賴賲 賮卮乇丿賴貙 丿毓丕蹖蹖 睾乇蹖亘 乇丕 夭賲夭賲賴 賲蹖讴乇丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 讴賴 卮賯 賵乇賯 亘乇 賱亘賴 蹖 賳蹖賲讴鬲 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 诏乇蹖賴 蹖 賵蹖 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 乇丕丨鬲 賳卮爻鬲貙 賵 丿爻鬲 夭賲禺鬲 賵 倬乇 鬲乇讴卮 乇丕貙 丿乇丕夭 讴乇丿貙 賵 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 賱胤賮蹖 讴賴 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 賵蹖 乇丕貙 丿乇 胤賵賱 亘蹖爻鬲 爻丕賱 诏匕卮鬲賴貙 鬲乇 賵 禺卮讴 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 亘丕 蹖讴 丨乇讴鬲 禺賵丿 亘賴 禺賵丿蹖 賲賵賴丕蹖 芦爻賵乇賵禄 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴乇丿貨 芦爻賵乇賵禄 爻乇 亘乇丿丕卮鬲貙 賵 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 趩賴乇賴 蹖 噩賵丕賳 賳賲丕 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳賴丕蹖 诏賵賳賴 蹖 爻乇禺 倬賵爻鬲蹖貙 賵 诏蹖爻賵蹖 诏乇賴 卮丿賴貙 賵 丿丕賲丕賳 倬賴賳丕賵乇卮 賳诏乇蹖爻鬲貙 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 夭丕丿 賵 乇賵丿卮 乇賵蹖 丌賳 丌乇賵睾 夭丿賴貙 噩賳亘蹖丿賴 賵 亘賴 禺賵丕亘 乇賮鬲賴 丕賳丿貨 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿 丕蹖賳 夭賳 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 禺賵丿 夭賲蹖賳貙 诏乇賲 賵 亘禺卮丕蹖卮诏乇 丕爻鬲貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賵 乇丕 鬲爻賱蹖 丿賴丿貨 倬蹖卮丕賳蹖卮 乇丕 亘乇 丿丕賲賳 丕賵 賳賴丕丿貙 賵 亘賵蹖 禺賵卮 倬蹖卮亘賳丿 丌賴丕乇丿丕乇卮 乇丕 亘賵蹖蹖丿貙 賵 趩賵賳 倬爻乇讴蹖 亘賴 賴賯 賴賯 丕賮鬲丕丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丕卮讴賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 丿乇 賲賯丕賲 蹖讴 賲乇丿貙 丿乇 胤賵賱 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 爻乇丕夭蹖乇 讴乇丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 倬卮鬲 賵蹖 乇丕 禺丕乇丕賳丿貙 賵 丌乇丕賲 鬲倬 鬲倬 亘賴 倬卮鬲卮 夭丿貙 賵 亘丕 夭亘丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 乇丕 賲蹖禺賵丕亘丕賳丿貙 亘丕 丕賵 丨乇賮 夭丿貙 賵 鬲乇丕賳賴 丕蹖 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖卮 禺賵丕賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌乇丕賲 卮丿貨 賴賲趩賳丕賳 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 賴賲 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賵 亘丕丿賴 賲蹖賳賵卮蹖丿賳丿 賵 诏賴诏丕賴 讴賴 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 禺賵卮蹖 乇丕貙 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賲蹖丌賵乇丿賳丿貙 賲蹖诏乇蹖爻鬲賳丿貨 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 禺賵卮蹖 讴賴 芦乇夭丕禄 丿乇賵賳 亘丕睾 賲蹖丿賵蹖丿貙 賵 倬乇賵丕賳賴 賴丕 乇丕貙 丕夭 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖卮貙 讴賴 鬲賳賴丕 丕夭 跇乇賮丕蹖 丿乇蹖丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 賲丕蹖賴 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賲蹖鬲乇爻丕賳丿貨 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 賵 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇卮 丿乇 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴貙 丌賱丕鬲 賵 丕丿賵丕鬲 禺賵賮賳丕讴貙 賵 讴賵夭賴 賴丕蹖 亘丿亘賵 乇丕 丌賲丕丿賴 讴乇丿賳丿貨 倬蹖卮 亘賳丿賴丕蹖 賱丕爻鬲蹖讴蹖 倬賵卮蹖丿賳丿貙 賵 丌爻鬲蹖賳賴丕蹖卮丕賳 乇丕 亘丕賱丕 夭丿賳丿貙 賵 倬賳賴丕賳蹖鬲乇蹖賳 賯爻賲鬲賴丕蹖 亘丿賳 芦乇夭丕禄 乇丕 夭蹖乇賵乇賵 讴乇丿賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 亘丿賵賳 讴賲鬲乇蹖賳 鬲乇丿蹖丿蹖 孬丕亘鬲 讴乇丿賳丿貙 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇 賲賯丿丕乇 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲乇诏 賲賵卮 禺賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 丿讴鬲乇 囟賲賳 卮爻鬲賳 丿爻鬲賴丕蹖卮 丿乇 馗乇賮卮賵蹖蹖貙 趩賳蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏蹖乇蹖 讴乇丿: 賭 芦賯乇丕乇 亘賵丿賴 夭賴乇 乇丕 爻賵乇賵 亘禺賵乇丿.禄貨 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 讴賴 丕夭 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丿禺鬲乇 噩賵丕賳 亘蹖胤丕賯鬲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 亘賴 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賳 丿禺鬲乇貙 丿乇 丌賳丨丕賱鬲貙 讴賴 賲孬賱 賳蹖賲 鬲賳賴 丕蹖 丿賵禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 賲蹖賳賲賵丿貙 鬲賳 丿乇 丿賴丿貙 賵 亘賴 丿讴鬲乇 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 讴乇丿貙 丕賳丿讴蹖 丌賳 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴賳賳丿貨 丌賳 丿賵 賲乇丿貙 亘乇丕蹖 丨賮馗 噩爻丿 丕夭 鬲亘丕賴蹖貙 亘賴 讴丕乇 乇賵睾賳 夭丿賳 賵 賲丕賱蹖丿賳 禺賲蹖乇 賲禺氐賵氐 讴賮賳 賵 丿賮賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳丿貙 賵 鬲丕 爻丕毓鬲 趩賴丕乇 氐亘丨 讴丕乇 讴乇丿賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 诏賮鬲貙 丌賳賯丿乇 禺爻鬲賴 賵 睾賲诏蹖賳 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 讴丕乇 乇丕 丕丿丕賲賴 丿賴丿貨 丕夭 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴 亘蹖乇賵賳 乇賮鬲貙 賵 芦乇夭丕禄 夭蹖乇 丿爻鬲 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿貨 賵 丕賵 賱讴賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵賳 乇賵蹖 倬賵爻鬲卮 乇丕貙 亘丕 丕爻賮賳噩 倬丕讴 讴乇丿貙 賱亘丕爻 禺賵丕亘 诏賱丿賵夭蹖 卮丿賴 丕卮 乇丕貙 乇賵蹖 爻蹖賳賴 丕卮 诏匕丕卮鬲貙 鬲丕 亘乇蹖丿诏蹖 丕夭 诏賱賵诏丕賴貙 鬲丕 毓囟賵 賲丕丿蹖賳诏蹖 丕卮 乇丕 亘倬賵卮丕賳丿貙 賵 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴乇丿貨 爻倬爻 亘賴 噩賲毓 賵 噩賵乇 讴乇丿賳 丿乇賴賲 亘乇賴賲蹖賴丕蹖蹖貙 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 賵 丿讴鬲乇貙 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 丌賵乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 倬乇丿丕禺鬲貨 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 賵丕乇丿 丕鬲丕賯 賳卮蹖賲賳 卮丿貙 賵 芦爻賵乇賵禄 賵 芦賳丕賳丕禄 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 讴賴 丕夭 诏乇蹖賴 賵 亘丕丿賴 賳蹖賲賴 賲爻鬲 卮丿賴 丕賳丿貙 賵 诏賮鬲: 芦賭 丨丕囟乇 丕爻鬲貨 鬲丕 丕賳丿丕夭賴 丕蹖 賲乇鬲亘卮 讴乇丿賴 丕蹖賲貙 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 賲丕丿乇卮 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘乇賵丿 鬲賵 賵 賳诏丕賴卮 讴賳丿.禄貨 丿讴鬲乇 亘賴 芦爻賵乇賵禄 诏賮鬲 讴賴 鬲乇丿蹖丿賴丕蹖卮 亘賴 噩丕 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 丿乇 賲毓丿賴 蹖 丿禺鬲乇 賴賲丕賳 賲丕丿賴 蹖 讴卮賳丿賴 丕蹖 乇丕 蹖丕賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丿乇 毓乇賯 倬蹖卮讴卮蹖 賲賵噩賵丿 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丌賳賵賯鬲 亘賵丿 讴賴 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘賴 蹖丕丿 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖 芦讴賱丕乇丕禄 丕賮鬲丕丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丌乇丕賲卮 亘丕賯蹖賲丕賳丿賴 丕卮 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿貙 夭蹖乇丕 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 賮讴乇 讴賳丿 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丕賵 賲乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘乇 讴賮 丕鬲丕賯 丕賮讴賳丿貙 賵 賳丕賱蹖丿貙 讴賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 噩丕賴 胤賱亘蹖貙 賵 賱丕賮 賵 诏夭丕賮賴丕蹖卮 诏賳丕賴讴丕乇 丕爻鬲貙 賴蹖趩讴爻 亘賴 賵蹖 賳诏賮鬲賴 賵丕乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 卮賵丿貙 丿乇 賲賯丕賲 蹖讴 丨賯賵賯丿丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖貙 賵 賲乇丿 禺丕賳賴貙 賵囟毓 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴貙 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 倬爻 讴丕賳丿蹖丿丕鬲賵乇蹖 卮賵賲卮 乇丕 乇賴丕 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 丕夭 丨夭亘 賱蹖亘乇丕賱 賵 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丿爻鬲 賲蹖讴卮丿貙 賵 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇 丕爻鬲 賴蹖趩 蹖讴 丕夭 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳卮 賴乇诏夭 賵丕乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 賳卮賵賳丿貙 讴賴 讴丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 賱丕蹖賯 賯氐丕亘丕賳貙 賵 丿夭丿丕賳 爻乇诏乇丿賳賴貨 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 丿賱 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄貙 亘賴 乇丨賲 丌賲丿 賵 賱胤賮 讴乇丿 賵 丕賵 乇丕 賲爻鬲 讴乇丿貨 賲卮乇賵亘 丕夭 丿乇丿 賵 乇賳噩 賵 诏賳丕賴卮 賯賵蹖鬲乇 亘賵丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 賵 丿讴鬲乇 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 亘丕賱丕貙 亘賴 丕鬲丕賯卮 禺賵丕亘卮 亘乇丿賳丿 賵 賱亘丕爻賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 讴賳丿賳丿貙 賵 鬲賵蹖 乇禺鬲禺賵丕亘卮 禺賵丕亘丕賳丿賳丿貨 爻倬爻 亘賴 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴 亘乇诏卮鬲賳丿貙 讴賴 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 丿爻鬲讴丕乇蹖賴丕 乇丕 亘乇 噩爻丿 芦乇夭丕禄 丕賳噩丕賲 賲蹖丿丕丿貨 芦賳蹖賵丌禄 賵 芦爻賵乇賵禄 丿賱 賵丕賱賴 賮乇丿丕 氐亘丨 丿蹖乇 亘蹖丿丕乇 卮丿賳丿貨 禺賵蹖卮丕賵賳丿丕賳 賳卮丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 毓夭丕 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 丌賵蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 倬乇丿賴 賴丕 乇丕 讴卮蹖丿賴貙 賵 賳賵丕乇賴丕蹖 丿乇卮鬲 爻蹖丕賴 亘賴 丌賳 夭丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 丿蹖賵丕乇賴丕 倬乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 丕夭 丿爻鬲賴 诏賱賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賵蹖 禺賵卮 亘蹖賲丕乇讴賳賳丿賴 卮丕賳貙 乇丕賴乇賵賴丕 乇丕 丌讴賳丿賴 亘賵丿貨 丿乇 丕鬲丕賯 賳丕賴丕乇禺賵乇蹖貙 賳賲丕夭禺丕賳賴 蹖 讴賵趩讴蹖貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇丕爻賲 鬲卮蹖蹖毓 亘乇倬丕 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 乇賵蹖 賲蹖夭 亘夭乇诏貙 讴賴 倬丕乇趩賴 丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 亘丕 丨丕卮蹖賴 賴丕蹖 胤賱丕蹖蹖 丌賳 乇丕 倬賵卮丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿貙 鬲丕亘賵鬲 爻賮蹖丿 芦乇夭丕禄 亘丕 诏賱 賲蹖禺賴丕蹖 賳賯乇賴 丕蹖 賯乇丕乇 丿丕卮鬲貨 丿賵丕夭丿賴 卮賲毓 夭乇丿 丿乇 卮賲毓丿丕賳蹖賴丕蹖 賲賮乇睾蹖 賳賵乇蹖 讴丿乇 亘乇 丿禺鬲乇 賲蹖丕賮讴賳丿貨 賱亘丕爻 毓乇賵爻蹖 鬲賳卮 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賵 亘丕 鬲丕噩蹖 賲賵賲蹖貙 亘賴 卮讴賱 诏賱 亘賴丕乇賳丕乇賳噩貙 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 乇賵夭 毓乇賵爻蹖卮 讴賳丕乇 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丌乇丕爻鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘
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The House of the Spirits, is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. It became an instant best seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom. The novel was named Best Novel of the Year in Chile in 1982, and Allende received the country's Panorama Literario award. The House of the Spirits has been translated into over 37 languages.
The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile 鈥� though the country's name, and the names of figures closely paralleling historical ones, such as "the President" or "the Poet", are never explicitly given. The story is told mainly from the perspective of two protagonists (Esteban and Alba) and incorporates elements of magical realism.
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賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: (禺丕賳賴 丕乇賵丕丨: 芦賳丕賳丕禄 賴賲趩賳丕賳 亘乇噩丕蹖 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 丿爻鬲賴丕蹖 趩賱蹖倬丕 卮丿賴 丕卮貙 卮丕賱卮 乇丕 亘乇 爻蹖賳賴 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘賴 賳蹖賲讴鬲 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿貙 賵 芦賳丕賳丕禄 卮乇賲诏蹖賳丕賳賴 噩賱賵 丌賲丿貙 賵 讴賳丕乇卮 賳卮爻鬲貨 丕夭 夭賲丕賳蹖讴賴 芦賳丕賳丕禄貙 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 蹖 芦爻賵乇賵禄 夭蹖爻鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 丕蹖賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳賴賲賴 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘卮 賳夭丿蹖讴 賲蹖卮丿貨 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 賵 丕賵貙 丿賵 賱蹖賵丕賳 亘丕丿賴 乇蹖禺鬲貙 賵 噩丕賲 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕 賱丕噩乇毓賴 爻乇 讴卮蹖丿貨 爻乇 乇丕 賲蹖丕賳 丿賵 丿爻鬲 诏乇賮鬲貙 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 趩賳诏 賲蹖夭丿 賵 亘丕 丿賳丿丕賳賴丕蹖 亘賴 賴賲 賮卮乇丿賴貙 丿毓丕蹖蹖 睾乇蹖亘 乇丕 夭賲夭賲賴 賲蹖讴乇丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 讴賴 卮賯 賵乇賯 亘乇 賱亘賴 蹖 賳蹖賲讴鬲 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 诏乇蹖賴 蹖 賵蹖 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 乇丕丨鬲 賳卮爻鬲貙 賵 丿爻鬲 夭賲禺鬲 賵 倬乇 鬲乇讴卮 乇丕貙 丿乇丕夭 讴乇丿貙 賵 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 賱胤賮蹖 讴賴 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 賵蹖 乇丕貙 丿乇 胤賵賱 亘蹖爻鬲 爻丕賱 诏匕卮鬲賴貙 鬲乇 賵 禺卮讴 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 亘丕 蹖讴 丨乇讴鬲 禺賵丿 亘賴 禺賵丿蹖 賲賵賴丕蹖 芦爻賵乇賵禄 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴乇丿貨 芦爻賵乇賵禄 爻乇 亘乇丿丕卮鬲貙 賵 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 趩賴乇賴 蹖 噩賵丕賳 賳賲丕 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳賴丕蹖 诏賵賳賴 蹖 爻乇禺 倬賵爻鬲蹖貙 賵 诏蹖爻賵蹖 诏乇賴 卮丿賴貙 賵 丿丕賲丕賳 倬賴賳丕賵乇卮 賳诏乇蹖爻鬲貙 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 夭丕丿 賵 乇賵丿卮 乇賵蹖 丌賳 丌乇賵睾 夭丿賴貙 噩賳亘蹖丿賴 賵 亘賴 禺賵丕亘 乇賮鬲賴 丕賳丿貨 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿 丕蹖賳 夭賳 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 禺賵丿 夭賲蹖賳貙 诏乇賲 賵 亘禺卮丕蹖卮诏乇 丕爻鬲貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賵 乇丕 鬲爻賱蹖 丿賴丿貨 倬蹖卮丕賳蹖卮 乇丕 亘乇 丿丕賲賳 丕賵 賳賴丕丿貙 賵 亘賵蹖 禺賵卮 倬蹖卮亘賳丿 丌賴丕乇丿丕乇卮 乇丕 亘賵蹖蹖丿貙 賵 趩賵賳 倬爻乇讴蹖 亘賴 賴賯 賴賯 丕賮鬲丕丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丕卮讴賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 丿乇 賲賯丕賲 蹖讴 賲乇丿貙 丿乇 胤賵賱 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 爻乇丕夭蹖乇 讴乇丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 倬卮鬲 賵蹖 乇丕 禺丕乇丕賳丿貙 賵 丌乇丕賲 鬲倬 鬲倬 亘賴 倬卮鬲卮 夭丿貙 賵 亘丕 夭亘丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 乇丕 賲蹖禺賵丕亘丕賳丿貙 亘丕 丕賵 丨乇賮 夭丿貙 賵 鬲乇丕賳賴 丕蹖 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖卮 禺賵丕賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌乇丕賲 卮丿貨 賴賲趩賳丕賳 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 賴賲 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賵 亘丕丿賴 賲蹖賳賵卮蹖丿賳丿 賵 诏賴诏丕賴 讴賴 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 禺賵卮蹖 乇丕貙 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賲蹖丌賵乇丿賳丿貙 賲蹖诏乇蹖爻鬲賳丿貨 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 禺賵卮蹖 讴賴 芦乇夭丕禄 丿乇賵賳 亘丕睾 賲蹖丿賵蹖丿貙 賵 倬乇賵丕賳賴 賴丕 乇丕貙 丕夭 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖卮貙 讴賴 鬲賳賴丕 丕夭 跇乇賮丕蹖 丿乇蹖丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 賲丕蹖賴 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賲蹖鬲乇爻丕賳丿貨 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 賵 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇卮 丿乇 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴貙 丌賱丕鬲 賵 丕丿賵丕鬲 禺賵賮賳丕讴貙 賵 讴賵夭賴 賴丕蹖 亘丿亘賵 乇丕 丌賲丕丿賴 讴乇丿賳丿貨 倬蹖卮 亘賳丿賴丕蹖 賱丕爻鬲蹖讴蹖 倬賵卮蹖丿賳丿貙 賵 丌爻鬲蹖賳賴丕蹖卮丕賳 乇丕 亘丕賱丕 夭丿賳丿貙 賵 倬賳賴丕賳蹖鬲乇蹖賳 賯爻賲鬲賴丕蹖 亘丿賳 芦乇夭丕禄 乇丕 夭蹖乇賵乇賵 讴乇丿賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 亘丿賵賳 讴賲鬲乇蹖賳 鬲乇丿蹖丿蹖 孬丕亘鬲 讴乇丿賳丿貙 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇 賲賯丿丕乇 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲乇诏 賲賵卮 禺賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 丿讴鬲乇 囟賲賳 卮爻鬲賳 丿爻鬲賴丕蹖卮 丿乇 馗乇賮卮賵蹖蹖貙 趩賳蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏蹖乇蹖 讴乇丿: 賭 芦賯乇丕乇 亘賵丿賴 夭賴乇 乇丕 爻賵乇賵 亘禺賵乇丿.禄貨 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 讴賴 丕夭 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丿禺鬲乇 噩賵丕賳 亘蹖胤丕賯鬲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 亘賴 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賳 丿禺鬲乇貙 丿乇 丌賳丨丕賱鬲貙 讴賴 賲孬賱 賳蹖賲 鬲賳賴 丕蹖 丿賵禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 賲蹖賳賲賵丿貙 鬲賳 丿乇 丿賴丿貙 賵 亘賴 丿讴鬲乇 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 讴乇丿貙 丕賳丿讴蹖 丌賳 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴賳賳丿貨 丌賳 丿賵 賲乇丿貙 亘乇丕蹖 丨賮馗 噩爻丿 丕夭 鬲亘丕賴蹖貙 亘賴 讴丕乇 乇賵睾賳 夭丿賳 賵 賲丕賱蹖丿賳 禺賲蹖乇 賲禺氐賵氐 讴賮賳 賵 丿賮賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳丿貙 賵 鬲丕 爻丕毓鬲 趩賴丕乇 氐亘丨 讴丕乇 讴乇丿賳丿貙 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 诏賮鬲貙 丌賳賯丿乇 禺爻鬲賴 賵 睾賲诏蹖賳 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 讴丕乇 乇丕 丕丿丕賲賴 丿賴丿貨 丕夭 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴 亘蹖乇賵賳 乇賮鬲貙 賵 芦乇夭丕禄 夭蹖乇 丿爻鬲 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿貨 賵 丕賵 賱讴賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵賳 乇賵蹖 倬賵爻鬲卮 乇丕貙 亘丕 丕爻賮賳噩 倬丕讴 讴乇丿貙 賱亘丕爻 禺賵丕亘 诏賱丿賵夭蹖 卮丿賴 丕卮 乇丕貙 乇賵蹖 爻蹖賳賴 丕卮 诏匕丕卮鬲貙 鬲丕 亘乇蹖丿诏蹖 丕夭 诏賱賵诏丕賴貙 鬲丕 毓囟賵 賲丕丿蹖賳诏蹖 丕卮 乇丕 亘倬賵卮丕賳丿貙 賵 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 賲乇鬲亘 讴乇丿貨 爻倬爻 亘賴 噩賲毓 賵 噩賵乇 讴乇丿賳 丿乇賴賲 亘乇賴賲蹖賴丕蹖蹖貙 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 賵 丿讴鬲乇貙 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 丌賵乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 倬乇丿丕禺鬲貨 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄 賵丕乇丿 丕鬲丕賯 賳卮蹖賲賳 卮丿貙 賵 芦爻賵乇賵禄 賵 芦賳丕賳丕禄 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 讴賴 丕夭 诏乇蹖賴 賵 亘丕丿賴 賳蹖賲賴 賲爻鬲 卮丿賴 丕賳丿貙 賵 诏賮鬲: 芦賭 丨丕囟乇 丕爻鬲貨 鬲丕 丕賳丿丕夭賴 丕蹖 賲乇鬲亘卮 讴乇丿賴 丕蹖賲貙 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 賲丕丿乇卮 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘乇賵丿 鬲賵 賵 賳诏丕賴卮 讴賳丿.禄貨 丿讴鬲乇 亘賴 芦爻賵乇賵禄 诏賮鬲 讴賴 鬲乇丿蹖丿賴丕蹖卮 亘賴 噩丕 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 丿乇 賲毓丿賴 蹖 丿禺鬲乇 賴賲丕賳 賲丕丿賴 蹖 讴卮賳丿賴 丕蹖 乇丕 蹖丕賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丿乇 毓乇賯 倬蹖卮讴卮蹖 賲賵噩賵丿 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丌賳賵賯鬲 亘賵丿 讴賴 芦爻賵乇賵禄 亘賴 蹖丕丿 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖 芦讴賱丕乇丕禄 丕賮鬲丕丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丌乇丕賲卮 亘丕賯蹖賲丕賳丿賴 丕卮 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿貙 夭蹖乇丕 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 賮讴乇 讴賳丿 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丕賵 賲乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘乇 讴賮 丕鬲丕賯 丕賮讴賳丿貙 賵 賳丕賱蹖丿貙 讴賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 噩丕賴 胤賱亘蹖貙 賵 賱丕賮 賵 诏夭丕賮賴丕蹖卮 诏賳丕賴讴丕乇 丕爻鬲貙 賴蹖趩讴爻 亘賴 賵蹖 賳诏賮鬲賴 賵丕乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 卮賵丿貙 丿乇 賲賯丕賲 蹖讴 丨賯賵賯丿丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖貙 賵 賲乇丿 禺丕賳賴貙 賵囟毓 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴貙 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 倬爻 讴丕賳丿蹖丿丕鬲賵乇蹖 卮賵賲卮 乇丕 乇賴丕 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 丕夭 丨夭亘 賱蹖亘乇丕賱 賵 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丿爻鬲 賲蹖讴卮丿貙 賵 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇 丕爻鬲 賴蹖趩 蹖讴 丕夭 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳卮 賴乇诏夭 賵丕乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 賳卮賵賳丿貙 讴賴 讴丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 賱丕蹖賯 賯氐丕亘丕賳貙 賵 丿夭丿丕賳 爻乇诏乇丿賳賴貨 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 丿賱 丿讴鬲乇 芦讴賵卅賵丕爻禄貙 亘賴 乇丨賲 丌賲丿 賵 賱胤賮 讴乇丿 賵 丕賵 乇丕 賲爻鬲 讴乇丿貨 賲卮乇賵亘 丕夭 丿乇丿 賵 乇賳噩 賵 诏賳丕賴卮 賯賵蹖鬲乇 亘賵丿貨 芦賳丕賳丕禄 賵 丿讴鬲乇 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 亘丕賱丕貙 亘賴 丕鬲丕賯卮 禺賵丕亘卮 亘乇丿賳丿 賵 賱亘丕爻賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 讴賳丿賳丿貙 賵 鬲賵蹖 乇禺鬲禺賵丕亘卮 禺賵丕亘丕賳丿賳丿貨 爻倬爻 亘賴 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴 亘乇诏卮鬲賳丿貙 讴賴 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 丿爻鬲讴丕乇蹖賴丕 乇丕 亘乇 噩爻丿 芦乇夭丕禄 丕賳噩丕賲 賲蹖丿丕丿貨 芦賳蹖賵丌禄 賵 芦爻賵乇賵禄 丿賱 賵丕賱賴 賮乇丿丕 氐亘丨 丿蹖乇 亘蹖丿丕乇 卮丿賳丿貨 禺賵蹖卮丕賵賳丿丕賳 賳卮丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 毓夭丕 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 丌賵蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 倬乇丿賴 賴丕 乇丕 讴卮蹖丿賴貙 賵 賳賵丕乇賴丕蹖 丿乇卮鬲 爻蹖丕賴 亘賴 丌賳 夭丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 丿蹖賵丕乇賴丕 倬乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 丕夭 丿爻鬲賴 诏賱賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賵蹖 禺賵卮 亘蹖賲丕乇讴賳賳丿賴 卮丕賳貙 乇丕賴乇賵賴丕 乇丕 丌讴賳丿賴 亘賵丿貨 丿乇 丕鬲丕賯 賳丕賴丕乇禺賵乇蹖貙 賳賲丕夭禺丕賳賴 蹖 讴賵趩讴蹖貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇丕爻賲 鬲卮蹖蹖毓 亘乇倬丕 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貨 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 乇賵蹖 賲蹖夭 亘夭乇诏貙 讴賴 倬丕乇趩賴 丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 亘丕 丨丕卮蹖賴 賴丕蹖 胤賱丕蹖蹖 丌賳 乇丕 倬賵卮丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿貙 鬲丕亘賵鬲 爻賮蹖丿 芦乇夭丕禄 亘丕 诏賱 賲蹖禺賴丕蹖 賳賯乇賴 丕蹖 賯乇丕乇 丿丕卮鬲貨 丿賵丕夭丿賴 卮賲毓 夭乇丿 丿乇 卮賲毓丿丕賳蹖賴丕蹖 賲賮乇睾蹖 賳賵乇蹖 讴丿乇 亘乇 丿禺鬲乇 賲蹖丕賮讴賳丿貨 賱亘丕爻 毓乇賵爻蹖 鬲賳卮 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賵 亘丕 鬲丕噩蹖 賲賵賲蹖貙 亘賴 卮讴賱 诏賱 亘賴丕乇賳丕乇賳噩貙 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 乇賵夭 毓乇賵爻蹖卮 讴賳丕乇 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿貙 賲賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丌乇丕爻鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 30/09/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 30/09/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
January 14, 2023
Why I chose to read this book:
1. I love 's writing style; and,
2. since February 2022 is my self-appointed "Classics Month", Allende's debut novel must be included!
How does one write a review for an epic book such as this that others haven't already said? I will try by sharing my humble personal thoughts.
Positives:
1. Allende's unique gift of telling the saga of one Chilean family, combining magical realism with authenticity, is incredibly awe-inspiring in its look into humanity. For the first two-thirds of the book, Allende builds the domestic history of her characters and then expertly weaves them into the frightening political upheaval of their homeland in the final third;
2. Allende believably makes destiny and karma a huge part with her strong characters, especially with, in my opinion, the despicable Estaban Trueba. Her depiction of this patriarch shows that no matter how powerful you are, how horrific you act, events and actions from your past can still bring you to your knees; and,
3. I felt like I was living through Allende's vivid descriptions of Chile's political history from the 1930s to the 1970s, the land, both in the city and in the country, and the homes and lives of her characters.
Personally, this book, especially the final chapters, really hit me hard. Although it took me several days to read it, I will be remembering this story for a long time.
A new favorite by Allende!
1. I love 's writing style; and,
2. since February 2022 is my self-appointed "Classics Month", Allende's debut novel must be included!
How does one write a review for an epic book such as this that others haven't already said? I will try by sharing my humble personal thoughts.
Positives:
1. Allende's unique gift of telling the saga of one Chilean family, combining magical realism with authenticity, is incredibly awe-inspiring in its look into humanity. For the first two-thirds of the book, Allende builds the domestic history of her characters and then expertly weaves them into the frightening political upheaval of their homeland in the final third;
2. Allende believably makes destiny and karma a huge part with her strong characters, especially with, in my opinion, the despicable Estaban Trueba. Her depiction of this patriarch shows that no matter how powerful you are, how horrific you act, events and actions from your past can still bring you to your knees; and,
3. I felt like I was living through Allende's vivid descriptions of Chile's political history from the 1930s to the 1970s, the land, both in the city and in the country, and the homes and lives of her characters.
Personally, this book, especially the final chapters, really hit me hard. Although it took me several days to read it, I will be remembering this story for a long time.
A new favorite by Allende!
April 21, 2024
It is a historical and fantastic novel; I admit that it left me perplexed and that I started reading this intrigued, not sure if I liked it. Well, I won! This mix of genres, coupled with Isabel Allende's talents as a storyteller, takes us to a South American country (Chile is never named) from the beginning of the 20th century to the dictatorship. We discussed many subjects, and the characters are very complex; the magic is present without heaviness. An interesting and pleasant reading!
May 2, 2023
"In almost every family there鈥檚 a fool or a crazy person."
鈥擨sabel Allende
The House of the Spirits is set in the capital of an unnamed Latin American country during the twentieth century, and that is where I first met the del Valles.
Patriarch, Severo del Valle, has lofty political aspirations, but his magical, out-of-control family doesn鈥檛 quite conform to his ideals, leading to conflicts that are both laughable and tragic. Unworldly Rosa del Valle, the oldest daughter, is graced with a splendor unmatched by any other, setting one young man on a quest to make her his own. Esteban Trueba is an unlikely beau for Rosa the Beautiful, and their coming together is a stone thrown into the glassy surface of a mystical pond, whose ripples will radiate through generations.
"I don鈥檛 generally spend my time thinking about women," mused Trueba, "but only a fool could have failed to spot that apparition, who caused a stir wherever she went, and tied up traffic, with her incredible green hair, which framed her face like a fantastic hat, her fairy-tale manner, and her special way of moving as if she were flying."
Soon, the hopeful paramour finds the path to love is hard-won, and when heaven proves to be too far away, Trueba turns his eye toward more-earthly acquisitions.
In his quest for riches, he paves a six-lane highway straight to the gates of Hades. Hearts in turmoil are invariably a bloody affair, whether this represents the heart of a country on the cusp of a Coup d'茅tat or a love that can never be realized.
"She felt that everything was made of glass, as fragile as a sigh, and that the machine-gun fire and bombs of that unforgettable Tuesday had destroyed most of what she knew, and that all the rest had been smashed to pieces and spattered with blood."
Though the story is awash with strong women having to survive misogyny and adversity, Allende has a gift of tempering tragedy with just enough comedy to keep the storyline electrifying. Emotional, raw, and spirited, this magical realism book was just my cup of tea.
Thank you, Kevin! Your fabulous review convinced me to read this marvelous tale.
鈥擨sabel Allende
The House of the Spirits is set in the capital of an unnamed Latin American country during the twentieth century, and that is where I first met the del Valles.
Patriarch, Severo del Valle, has lofty political aspirations, but his magical, out-of-control family doesn鈥檛 quite conform to his ideals, leading to conflicts that are both laughable and tragic. Unworldly Rosa del Valle, the oldest daughter, is graced with a splendor unmatched by any other, setting one young man on a quest to make her his own. Esteban Trueba is an unlikely beau for Rosa the Beautiful, and their coming together is a stone thrown into the glassy surface of a mystical pond, whose ripples will radiate through generations.
"I don鈥檛 generally spend my time thinking about women," mused Trueba, "but only a fool could have failed to spot that apparition, who caused a stir wherever she went, and tied up traffic, with her incredible green hair, which framed her face like a fantastic hat, her fairy-tale manner, and her special way of moving as if she were flying."
Soon, the hopeful paramour finds the path to love is hard-won, and when heaven proves to be too far away, Trueba turns his eye toward more-earthly acquisitions.
In his quest for riches, he paves a six-lane highway straight to the gates of Hades. Hearts in turmoil are invariably a bloody affair, whether this represents the heart of a country on the cusp of a Coup d'茅tat or a love that can never be realized.
"She felt that everything was made of glass, as fragile as a sigh, and that the machine-gun fire and bombs of that unforgettable Tuesday had destroyed most of what she knew, and that all the rest had been smashed to pieces and spattered with blood."
Though the story is awash with strong women having to survive misogyny and adversity, Allende has a gift of tempering tragedy with just enough comedy to keep the storyline electrifying. Emotional, raw, and spirited, this magical realism book was just my cup of tea.
Thank you, Kevin! Your fabulous review convinced me to read this marvelous tale.
June 10, 2023
The house of Spirits by Isabel Allende, is a sweeping and epic story which chronicles the lives, fortunes, torment and rise and fall of three generations of the Trueba-del Valle family, in Latin America.
The early part of the book focuses on Rosa the beautiful and Clara the clairvoyant and their lives in a simple but stable home. In parallel, the story of Esteban Trueba begins, the central male character, whose brutality and cruelty are brought into sharp focus through his treatment of his land tenants. Esteban is a man who lacks principles has conquered a lot of women and fathered several children through force but sets himself up as the perfect landlord who has rebuilt the local community and provided stability for its people.
After predicting the death of her sister Rosa, Clare remains silent for 9 years, only speaking again to announce her marriage to Esteban Trueba. Despite giving birth to a daughter Blanca and twin sons Jaime and Nicolas, Clara too suffers at the hands of this fierce and brutish man. However, it is only after a violent confrontation with Blanca鈥檚 lover, Pedro Tercero, that the relationship with Esteban breaks down and Clara leaves vowing to not speak with him again. Whilst they are together the relationship never recovers.
The family relocate to the city and move into the Trueba's 'House on the Corner' but the conflict within the family continues with Esteban's arrogance taking him into conservative politics and Alba following the path of the revolutionaries and Miguel, the leader. The story of this family echoes the change in ideologies and turbulence that shaped Latin America, but tragedy is never far away and this is where the story comes to a climax and ends. 鈥溾€he sins of the father are passed to the children鈥� an underlying theme that plays brilliantly in this book.
Favourite quotes
鈥淭his is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice鈥�
鈥淏ut why give a man something that is so hard to earn? In that respect women are really thick. They are daughters of rigidity鈥�. They forgive him everything because he is a man鈥�
鈥淵ou can find someone who doesn鈥檛 want to be found鈥�.
Review and Comments
The House of Spirits is the ultimate story of good versus evil, where aberration meets normality, cruelty is overshadowed by inner strength and resolve, and where brutality, pride, self love and egotism in many of the men is contrasted to the resilience, courage and endurance of many of the women in this very patriarchal society.
There is an array of powerful characters, multiple plots and stories, a mix of tragedy, love, conflict, and survival that grabs at the readers heart and is written by a superb author making this a true 20th Century classic for me.
A very unapologetic feminist story which is daring for the extent to which the author is prepared to shine a light on the oppression of women. Superb for the themes, the timeframe over three decades which is difficult to accomplish, the writing is stunning and the messaging from the book which for me is highly鈥檚pirited鈥�.
I love this authors work and this among many of her other books are for everyone who just enjoys a fabulous story.
Epic!!!
The early part of the book focuses on Rosa the beautiful and Clara the clairvoyant and their lives in a simple but stable home. In parallel, the story of Esteban Trueba begins, the central male character, whose brutality and cruelty are brought into sharp focus through his treatment of his land tenants. Esteban is a man who lacks principles has conquered a lot of women and fathered several children through force but sets himself up as the perfect landlord who has rebuilt the local community and provided stability for its people.
After predicting the death of her sister Rosa, Clare remains silent for 9 years, only speaking again to announce her marriage to Esteban Trueba. Despite giving birth to a daughter Blanca and twin sons Jaime and Nicolas, Clara too suffers at the hands of this fierce and brutish man. However, it is only after a violent confrontation with Blanca鈥檚 lover, Pedro Tercero, that the relationship with Esteban breaks down and Clara leaves vowing to not speak with him again. Whilst they are together the relationship never recovers.
The family relocate to the city and move into the Trueba's 'House on the Corner' but the conflict within the family continues with Esteban's arrogance taking him into conservative politics and Alba following the path of the revolutionaries and Miguel, the leader. The story of this family echoes the change in ideologies and turbulence that shaped Latin America, but tragedy is never far away and this is where the story comes to a climax and ends. 鈥溾€he sins of the father are passed to the children鈥� an underlying theme that plays brilliantly in this book.
Favourite quotes
鈥淭his is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice鈥�
鈥淏ut why give a man something that is so hard to earn? In that respect women are really thick. They are daughters of rigidity鈥�. They forgive him everything because he is a man鈥�
鈥淵ou can find someone who doesn鈥檛 want to be found鈥�.
Review and Comments
The House of Spirits is the ultimate story of good versus evil, where aberration meets normality, cruelty is overshadowed by inner strength and resolve, and where brutality, pride, self love and egotism in many of the men is contrasted to the resilience, courage and endurance of many of the women in this very patriarchal society.
There is an array of powerful characters, multiple plots and stories, a mix of tragedy, love, conflict, and survival that grabs at the readers heart and is written by a superb author making this a true 20th Century classic for me.
A very unapologetic feminist story which is daring for the extent to which the author is prepared to shine a light on the oppression of women. Superb for the themes, the timeframe over three decades which is difficult to accomplish, the writing is stunning and the messaging from the book which for me is highly鈥檚pirited鈥�.
I love this authors work and this among many of her other books are for everyone who just enjoys a fabulous story.
Epic!!!
December 17, 2015
4.5/5
Esteban, Trueba,
how does your childhood grow?
With fear and guilt and such hard work
and a love that leaves you low.
In thoughts of grief and thoughts of rage,
and a slump of of broken land,
you will rape your heart out, Esteban,
set life to your demand.
Clara, Clara, clairvoyant,
how does your marriage keep?
With magic silent and so near,
to where your children sleep.
When tragedy has struck your home,
and the bull is in the shop,
reality will find you there,
your disengagement stop.
Humans, humans, high and low,
what does your life move toward?
To riches spun in paradise,
And poor ones marching forward.
When man must strain for food and work,
and women for their life,
the wealth grows lazy in its keep,
and tensions run in strife.
Politics, politics,
what are your true names?
The search for living fair and true,
the beasts of power games.
When fear drives sides to action,
and both believe in might,
lands will burn in suffering;
no one escapes the light.
Esteban, Trueba,
you've lived a life of pride,
planted seeds of cruel revenge,
and harvested in stride.
You are old now, Esteban,
what has your life earned?
A ghost, a house, a granddaughter;
all are scorched and burned.
Esteban, Trueba,
how does your country grow?
With driving out the communists,
or dictators and woe?
When tragedy has snuffed your pride,
and your path is lost in fear,
you'll find your guidance, Esteban;
redemption gathers here.
Reader, reader, reading here,
what is this story read?
A tale of individuals,
Small strainings birthed for dead?
It is one and it is all,
growing evermore,
family framed society;
history at its core.
Reader, reader, what is life,
how does one tell it true?
With torture, fear, and oftentimes,
death of all you knew.
And yet life keeps, and yet life goes,
and strength is found in you,
men of hope, women strong,
love and laughter too.
Esteban, Trueba,
how does your childhood grow?
With fear and guilt and such hard work
and a love that leaves you low.
In thoughts of grief and thoughts of rage,
and a slump of of broken land,
you will rape your heart out, Esteban,
set life to your demand.
Clara, Clara, clairvoyant,
how does your marriage keep?
With magic silent and so near,
to where your children sleep.
When tragedy has struck your home,
and the bull is in the shop,
reality will find you there,
your disengagement stop.
Humans, humans, high and low,
what does your life move toward?
To riches spun in paradise,
And poor ones marching forward.
When man must strain for food and work,
and women for their life,
the wealth grows lazy in its keep,
and tensions run in strife.
Politics, politics,
what are your true names?
The search for living fair and true,
the beasts of power games.
When fear drives sides to action,
and both believe in might,
lands will burn in suffering;
no one escapes the light.
Esteban, Trueba,
you've lived a life of pride,
planted seeds of cruel revenge,
and harvested in stride.
You are old now, Esteban,
what has your life earned?
A ghost, a house, a granddaughter;
all are scorched and burned.
Esteban, Trueba,
how does your country grow?
With driving out the communists,
or dictators and woe?
When tragedy has snuffed your pride,
and your path is lost in fear,
you'll find your guidance, Esteban;
redemption gathers here.
Reader, reader, reading here,
what is this story read?
A tale of individuals,
Small strainings birthed for dead?
It is one and it is all,
growing evermore,
family framed society;
history at its core.
Reader, reader, what is life,
how does one tell it true?
With torture, fear, and oftentimes,
death of all you knew.
And yet life keeps, and yet life goes,
and strength is found in you,
men of hope, women strong,
love and laughter too.
November 15, 2022
5/5 ... 5 estrellas merecid铆simas
En tanto preparo una rese帽a m谩s acorde, y s茅 que se me est谩n amontonando, har茅, al menos, algunos comentarios generales, mientras digiero el poso que me ha dejado el sublime final de la novela.
"Sospecho que todo lo ocurrido no es fortuito, sino que corresponde a un destino dibujado antes de mi nacimiento ... pero ninguna pincelada es in煤til" (Alba Satigny Trueba)
"La casa de los esp铆ritus" es una epopeya, que cuenta la historia de la familia sudamericana Trueba-del Valle (claramente chilena, aunque la obra no lo dice en ning煤n momento), a lo largo de 4 generaciones, siempre pivotando sobre la figura de Clara del Valle (clar铆sima y clarividente en acertada descripci贸n de su esposo Esteban Trueba), que se superpone a la propia historia del pa铆s a lo largo de la mayor parte del siglo XX. Y todo esto contado de una manera magistral por Isabel Allende, que mantiene al lector embelesado durante toda la obra.
Particularmente sublime me ha parecido el final, en el que la autora cierra la novela volviendo al principio de la historia, de una manera natural y nada forzada, dando una sensaci贸n de plenitud al lector. Se dice que esta es la obra principal de Isabel Allende, y que no pierde ocasi贸n para revisitar los personajes de esta novela en otras obras. Esto no lo s茅 pues es la primera obra que le leo, aunque no ser谩 la 煤ltima.
As铆 que esta semana tendr茅 que buscar tiempo adem谩s para ver la pel铆cula que se rod贸 sobre la novela, con un elenco de actores de primera magnitud, encabezados por Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Antonio Banderas y Wynona Ryder (ah铆 es nada), aunque con el inconveniente de sus 2 horas y media de duraci贸n.
Me ha parecido una obra totalmente recomendable, con una variedad de g茅neros que no aburrir谩 al lector.
En tanto preparo una rese帽a m谩s acorde, y s茅 que se me est谩n amontonando, har茅, al menos, algunos comentarios generales, mientras digiero el poso que me ha dejado el sublime final de la novela.
"Sospecho que todo lo ocurrido no es fortuito, sino que corresponde a un destino dibujado antes de mi nacimiento ... pero ninguna pincelada es in煤til" (Alba Satigny Trueba)
"La casa de los esp铆ritus" es una epopeya, que cuenta la historia de la familia sudamericana Trueba-del Valle (claramente chilena, aunque la obra no lo dice en ning煤n momento), a lo largo de 4 generaciones, siempre pivotando sobre la figura de Clara del Valle (clar铆sima y clarividente en acertada descripci贸n de su esposo Esteban Trueba), que se superpone a la propia historia del pa铆s a lo largo de la mayor parte del siglo XX. Y todo esto contado de una manera magistral por Isabel Allende, que mantiene al lector embelesado durante toda la obra.
Particularmente sublime me ha parecido el final, en el que la autora cierra la novela volviendo al principio de la historia, de una manera natural y nada forzada, dando una sensaci贸n de plenitud al lector. Se dice que esta es la obra principal de Isabel Allende, y que no pierde ocasi贸n para revisitar los personajes de esta novela en otras obras. Esto no lo s茅 pues es la primera obra que le leo, aunque no ser谩 la 煤ltima.
As铆 que esta semana tendr茅 que buscar tiempo adem谩s para ver la pel铆cula que se rod贸 sobre la novela, con un elenco de actores de primera magnitud, encabezados por Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Antonio Banderas y Wynona Ryder (ah铆 es nada), aunque con el inconveniente de sus 2 horas y media de duraci贸n.
Me ha parecido una obra totalmente recomendable, con una variedad de g茅neros que no aburrir谩 al lector.
August 2, 2017
乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賱毓丕卅賱丞 毓賱賶 賲丿賶 孬賱丕孬丞 丕噩賷丕賱 賵鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賵兀毓賲丕賱 兀賮乇丕丿 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 丨爻亘 鬲睾賷乇 丕賱馗乇賵賮 賵丕賱鬲賯丿賲 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿.
賱賲 鬲匕賰乇 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 丕爻賲 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賵 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷賴丕 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵賱賰賳 賴賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨丿孬 亘賴丕 丕賱夭賱夭丕賱 丕賱匕賷 丿賲乇 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賵丨丿孬 亘賴丕 丕賳賯賱丕亘 毓爻賰乇賷 賵丨卮賷.
鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱廿賯胤丕毓 賵亘賯丕賷丕 丕賱丕爻鬲毓賲丕乇 丨賷孬 丕賱賲丕賱賰 賵丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賷賯賷賲賵賳 亘兀乇囟賴 賵賷毓賲賱賵賳 毓賳丿賴 亘丕賱爻禺乇丞 賮賯胤 賱賱賯賲丞 丕賱毓賷卮 賵丕賱丨亘 亘賷賳 丕亘賳鬲賴 賵丕丨丿 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賱丿賷賴 .
孬賲 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱兀睾賳賷丕亍 賵賱賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 爻丕丿鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賰賲 賲毓 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賲丿 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷 賵丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 賵亘丿丕賷丞 鬲丨乇乇 丕賱卮毓亘 賲賳 丕賱毓亘賵丿賷丞.
賵賲乇賵乇丕 亘丕賱夭賱夭丕賱 賵丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵鬲賱賲氐丕卅亘 丕賱鬲賷 丨賱鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿.
賵兀禺賷乇丕 丕賳鬲氐丕乇 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷賷賳 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 賵鬲丌賲乇 丕賱兀睾賳賷丕亍 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 賵丕賱賱噩賵亍 丕賱賶 丕賱噩賷卮 賱毓賲賱 丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 賵賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賷爻賷胤乇 丕賱毓爻賰乇 賮賱賳 鬲爻賲毓 氐賵鬲丕 丕禺乇 . 賵丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賰賱 賴匕丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘 卮賷賯 賷噩毓賱賰 丕鬲亘丕毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘鬲卮賵賯 賱匕賷匕.
毓賳丿賲丕 亘丿兀鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賲 兀賰賳 丕毓賱賲 丕賳賴丕 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷鬲賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賰賲丕 兀賮丕丿賳賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賲丕 卮賵賯賳賷 丕賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍 丕賱丕禺乇賶 賵亘卮賵賯 賰亘賷乇.
賲賳 丕乇賵毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賲賳 丕賱賲賮囟賱丕鬲 賱丿賷.
賱賲 鬲匕賰乇 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 丕爻賲 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賵 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷賴丕 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵賱賰賳 賴賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨丿孬 亘賴丕 丕賱夭賱夭丕賱 丕賱匕賷 丿賲乇 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賵丨丿孬 亘賴丕 丕賳賯賱丕亘 毓爻賰乇賷 賵丨卮賷.
鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱廿賯胤丕毓 賵亘賯丕賷丕 丕賱丕爻鬲毓賲丕乇 丨賷孬 丕賱賲丕賱賰 賵丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賷賯賷賲賵賳 亘兀乇囟賴 賵賷毓賲賱賵賳 毓賳丿賴 亘丕賱爻禺乇丞 賮賯胤 賱賱賯賲丞 丕賱毓賷卮 賵丕賱丨亘 亘賷賳 丕亘賳鬲賴 賵丕丨丿 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賱丿賷賴 .
孬賲 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱兀睾賳賷丕亍 賵賱賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 爻丕丿鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賰賲 賲毓 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賲丿 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷 賵丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 賵亘丿丕賷丞 鬲丨乇乇 丕賱卮毓亘 賲賳 丕賱毓亘賵丿賷丞.
賵賲乇賵乇丕 亘丕賱夭賱夭丕賱 賵丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵鬲賱賲氐丕卅亘 丕賱鬲賷 丨賱鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿.
賵兀禺賷乇丕 丕賳鬲氐丕乇 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷賷賳 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 賵鬲丌賲乇 丕賱兀睾賳賷丕亍 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 賵丕賱賱噩賵亍 丕賱賶 丕賱噩賷卮 賱毓賲賱 丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 賵賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賷爻賷胤乇 丕賱毓爻賰乇 賮賱賳 鬲爻賲毓 氐賵鬲丕 丕禺乇 . 賵丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賰賱 賴匕丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘 卮賷賯 賷噩毓賱賰 丕鬲亘丕毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘鬲卮賵賯 賱匕賷匕.
毓賳丿賲丕 亘丿兀鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賲 兀賰賳 丕毓賱賲 丕賳賴丕 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷鬲賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賰賲丕 兀賮丕丿賳賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賲丕 卮賵賯賳賷 丕賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍 丕賱丕禺乇賶 賵亘卮賵賯 賰亘賷乇.
賲賳 丕乇賵毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賲賳 丕賱賲賮囟賱丕鬲 賱丿賷.
May 10, 2008
I really wish I could say this is an amazing book, worthy of so much thoughtful praises, etc., but that would just be a lie. Given how much I enjoy good writing鈥攁nd this book definitely has it all, like a beautifully crafted essay that speaks with prominent characters and conflicts between generations of families鈥攊t鈥檚 kind of weird for me to say this book is just okay. I mean, the only thing I like from this entire book is the language: the metaphors, descriptions, the lines that sound so poetic and true, and the impressive vocabulary. Everything else? Not so much.
Storyline. Absolutely hate how the story shifts like a timeline of generations. It makes sense that it would cover the entire family from grandfather to granddaughter since it鈥檚 a family story, but I hate how little time we get to spend with each character before s/he is whisked off to some other place, and only to return whenever the author feels like it. (That how it looks like to me.) Each chapter is almost devoted to just one or two characters, and I find it really tiring, especially when it鈥檚 all about relationships and love that I haven鈥檛 really figured out why it exists. It鈥檚 written at a speed that makes the character鈥檚 love story seem kind of random.
It鈥檚 like what I say about the protagonist falling in love with her best friend: when readers start the story, they鈥檙e just given the fact that they鈥檝e been through a lot and have been best friends forever, so of course they fall in love. But readers don鈥檛 get to see that process, and it鈥檚 frustrating to see the point they鈥檙e making when the viewers are just like, 鈥淵eah, okay, if you say so.鈥� So the protagonists don鈥檛 fall in love with their best friends in this book, but they might as well have. Take Pedro Tercero and Blanca, for instance. Love at first sight. Whoop-de-do. First of all, clich茅d. Second of all, no development. Love at first sight is pretty explanatory itself, but how the heck did they grow to love each other so much? One minute, they鈥檙e children, the next paragraph; they鈥檙e teens trying to express themselves. I hate that we just have to take the basic 鈥淥h, they fell in love the first time they curled up against each other鈥� from the author without really questioning how it happened or why it鈥檚 developed into some life-and-death scenario later. I can鈥檛 handle reading a relationship that doesn鈥檛 express itself in a deeper stand and instead, just tells you, yes, they love each other, yes, they are willing to do for each other, yes, they are having wild and passionate sex. So what if they do all of that? It鈥檚 the chemistry and direct message that I will interpret that matters.
Of course, if it was just one couple, I could handle. But the sad thing is that the same goes for Clara and Esteban. Maybe it鈥檚 the time period, but the author likes to play with the love at first sight story. That鈥檚 how Esteban fell for Clara. And Clara was only in it because of her vision, which makes me more frustrated. If you can see the future, why not change it? For a character that seems pretty strong鈥攜et identified as fragile and beautiful, of all the freaking adjectives to describe women!鈥攕he lacks what I hope for in a protagonist. Isabel Allende tries to make her manner seem so unorganized and magical realism that she comes off rather cold and unconvincing. And the fact that she hardly talks, not just her character and her mute phases but the dialogue in the book itself (really, the only one who actually says things throughout the book in conversation form would be Esteban and Transito. I felt they talked more than husband and wife. Ironic much?). Seeing as how they鈥檝e spent years and years together, you鈥檇 think I, as a reader, could see something present in their relationship, some sort of depth or attraction, but nope, nothing. I mean, I saw a spark in his relationship with a prostitute rather than Clara, which is just wrong. And, the only one who鈥檚 real in here is Esteban, but too bad I find him and his actions revolting. If I were to rate him on a personality scale, it鈥檇 be negative, negative 1. In this case, two negatives don鈥檛 make a positive, people.
Still continuing with the storyline, I find the political stuff just plain boring. I hate how we鈥檙e required to read books that not only talk about religion (like Christianity, which is really getting boring by now. How many more discussion topics about this can I handle before I start to scream?) but also politics. I don鈥檛 mind if the authors throw it in here and there, but to put all her characters involved with government conflict? It makes the story so predictable (because it is. You don鈥檛 politics never end well) and you know we will all spend a day or two talking about the different sides they鈥檙e taking and what a big theme it is. I鈥檓 just like, yeah, okay, whatever. I don鈥檛 want to end up having to look up the political references that the book mentioned to understand it all, and I don鈥檛 want a book that puts so much pressure on generations of families just because they don鈥檛 agree with each other. It鈥檚 bad enough that people are so passionate about that stuff, when others would very much like to just leave it at whatever鈥檚 best for the country, and still find something annoying in a work of fiction. With this topic, it threatens the characters and changes their personalities. Instead of being natural people, they get portrayed as good citizens who want to fight for what they believe in. We all know most people wouldn鈥檛 do that. Take the Holocaust, for instance. How much people stood up for Jews then? If I鈥檓 reading about a character that has journeyed into this political standing/situation, then I have nothing to complain about. But nope, not the case.
It鈥檚 also not about the storyline, but how messed up the characters and the people are. It drives me crazy how the author, out of the blue, tells you what can be expected somewhere down the road. I want to be amazed, shocked, and not told what鈥檚 going to happen. (One example would be when Amanda鈥檚 picking up Miguel from school and says something about dying for him. Then, the author jumps in with, little did she know that she would have to one day. Random!) And it also makes me nuts whenever characters appear and disappear. Like Transito. She appears early on in the book and vanishes until Esteban鈥檚 lust kicks in. And finally, she helps him. Or the Moira Sisters鈥擨 can鈥檛 even remember the significance they had, just that they were like Clara the Clairvoyant. Oh, just the tiniest thing can frustrate me about this book. I haven鈥檛 found one single character that I like. They鈥檙e all pigs/rapists, or poor fragile women who can鈥檛 stand up for themselves, with the exception of Alba. She realizes in the end that she can鈥檛 give up, but the whole pregnancy and don鈥檛 know who the father is makes me grimace.
I hate how every generation is about sadness, and how everything bad that can happen, happens to the Trueba/Del Valle family. But that鈥檚 story-telling for you, just not realistic.
On a final note, even though it couldn鈥檛 have been more than a few weeks, it seemed like I鈥檇 been reading this book for months, and those months just dragged on and on, especially since I had the old issue of the book where the pages were yellow and smelled like moth balls and some other unidentifiable thing.
The rating: I would have given it 1 star, but the writing was good, so I decided to be nice.
Storyline. Absolutely hate how the story shifts like a timeline of generations. It makes sense that it would cover the entire family from grandfather to granddaughter since it鈥檚 a family story, but I hate how little time we get to spend with each character before s/he is whisked off to some other place, and only to return whenever the author feels like it. (That how it looks like to me.) Each chapter is almost devoted to just one or two characters, and I find it really tiring, especially when it鈥檚 all about relationships and love that I haven鈥檛 really figured out why it exists. It鈥檚 written at a speed that makes the character鈥檚 love story seem kind of random.
It鈥檚 like what I say about the protagonist falling in love with her best friend: when readers start the story, they鈥檙e just given the fact that they鈥檝e been through a lot and have been best friends forever, so of course they fall in love. But readers don鈥檛 get to see that process, and it鈥檚 frustrating to see the point they鈥檙e making when the viewers are just like, 鈥淵eah, okay, if you say so.鈥� So the protagonists don鈥檛 fall in love with their best friends in this book, but they might as well have. Take Pedro Tercero and Blanca, for instance. Love at first sight. Whoop-de-do. First of all, clich茅d. Second of all, no development. Love at first sight is pretty explanatory itself, but how the heck did they grow to love each other so much? One minute, they鈥檙e children, the next paragraph; they鈥檙e teens trying to express themselves. I hate that we just have to take the basic 鈥淥h, they fell in love the first time they curled up against each other鈥� from the author without really questioning how it happened or why it鈥檚 developed into some life-and-death scenario later. I can鈥檛 handle reading a relationship that doesn鈥檛 express itself in a deeper stand and instead, just tells you, yes, they love each other, yes, they are willing to do for each other, yes, they are having wild and passionate sex. So what if they do all of that? It鈥檚 the chemistry and direct message that I will interpret that matters.
Of course, if it was just one couple, I could handle. But the sad thing is that the same goes for Clara and Esteban. Maybe it鈥檚 the time period, but the author likes to play with the love at first sight story. That鈥檚 how Esteban fell for Clara. And Clara was only in it because of her vision, which makes me more frustrated. If you can see the future, why not change it? For a character that seems pretty strong鈥攜et identified as fragile and beautiful, of all the freaking adjectives to describe women!鈥攕he lacks what I hope for in a protagonist. Isabel Allende tries to make her manner seem so unorganized and magical realism that she comes off rather cold and unconvincing. And the fact that she hardly talks, not just her character and her mute phases but the dialogue in the book itself (really, the only one who actually says things throughout the book in conversation form would be Esteban and Transito. I felt they talked more than husband and wife. Ironic much?). Seeing as how they鈥檝e spent years and years together, you鈥檇 think I, as a reader, could see something present in their relationship, some sort of depth or attraction, but nope, nothing. I mean, I saw a spark in his relationship with a prostitute rather than Clara, which is just wrong. And, the only one who鈥檚 real in here is Esteban, but too bad I find him and his actions revolting. If I were to rate him on a personality scale, it鈥檇 be negative, negative 1. In this case, two negatives don鈥檛 make a positive, people.
Still continuing with the storyline, I find the political stuff just plain boring. I hate how we鈥檙e required to read books that not only talk about religion (like Christianity, which is really getting boring by now. How many more discussion topics about this can I handle before I start to scream?) but also politics. I don鈥檛 mind if the authors throw it in here and there, but to put all her characters involved with government conflict? It makes the story so predictable (because it is. You don鈥檛 politics never end well) and you know we will all spend a day or two talking about the different sides they鈥檙e taking and what a big theme it is. I鈥檓 just like, yeah, okay, whatever. I don鈥檛 want to end up having to look up the political references that the book mentioned to understand it all, and I don鈥檛 want a book that puts so much pressure on generations of families just because they don鈥檛 agree with each other. It鈥檚 bad enough that people are so passionate about that stuff, when others would very much like to just leave it at whatever鈥檚 best for the country, and still find something annoying in a work of fiction. With this topic, it threatens the characters and changes their personalities. Instead of being natural people, they get portrayed as good citizens who want to fight for what they believe in. We all know most people wouldn鈥檛 do that. Take the Holocaust, for instance. How much people stood up for Jews then? If I鈥檓 reading about a character that has journeyed into this political standing/situation, then I have nothing to complain about. But nope, not the case.
It鈥檚 also not about the storyline, but how messed up the characters and the people are. It drives me crazy how the author, out of the blue, tells you what can be expected somewhere down the road. I want to be amazed, shocked, and not told what鈥檚 going to happen. (One example would be when Amanda鈥檚 picking up Miguel from school and says something about dying for him. Then, the author jumps in with, little did she know that she would have to one day. Random!) And it also makes me nuts whenever characters appear and disappear. Like Transito. She appears early on in the book and vanishes until Esteban鈥檚 lust kicks in. And finally, she helps him. Or the Moira Sisters鈥擨 can鈥檛 even remember the significance they had, just that they were like Clara the Clairvoyant. Oh, just the tiniest thing can frustrate me about this book. I haven鈥檛 found one single character that I like. They鈥檙e all pigs/rapists, or poor fragile women who can鈥檛 stand up for themselves, with the exception of Alba. She realizes in the end that she can鈥檛 give up, but the whole pregnancy and don鈥檛 know who the father is makes me grimace.
I hate how every generation is about sadness, and how everything bad that can happen, happens to the Trueba/Del Valle family. But that鈥檚 story-telling for you, just not realistic.
On a final note, even though it couldn鈥檛 have been more than a few weeks, it seemed like I鈥檇 been reading this book for months, and those months just dragged on and on, especially since I had the old issue of the book where the pages were yellow and smelled like moth balls and some other unidentifiable thing.
The rating: I would have given it 1 star, but the writing was good, so I decided to be nice.
March 7, 2016
This took me some time to read as I wanted to savour it for as long as possible and not have it end. This is my first Allende novel which depicts an epic story of a Latin American family that spans 3 generations. Weaved throughout are hints of mysticism, history, political unrest, cultural richness along with vivid descriptions of a cast of characters in which some evoke ethereal auras and others violent furies.
Allende鈥檚 masterful style of writing is lavish with foreshadowing and thematic contrasts and brings as much satisfaction as a warm toasty fire on a cold winter day. 5 鈽�
Allende鈥檚 masterful style of writing is lavish with foreshadowing and thematic contrasts and brings as much satisfaction as a warm toasty fire on a cold winter day. 5 鈽�
March 2, 2017
Wow! If you look up 'epic family dramas, sweeping sagas' you are sure to find the The House of the Spirits at the top of the list. It's hard to capture what this book covers as it covers so much. The story of the three generations of the Trueba family. How their lives have changed over many, many years. Their loves, grief, joy, family, politics, greed, desires, and more. I felt that there was so much heartbreak and tragedy in this story. But I kept thinking about this one....even when I was not reading it. It is beautiful. I wish that I could go back and start it all over again.
Esteban Trueba.....hmmm, he is a monster (I think). Though does he ultimately redeem himself? Clara....a wonderful character, who I wanted to hear more about and her talents. The book touches on magical realism and it was done perfectly, weaved into the lives of each of the Trueba family members. The love between Blanca and Pedro Tercero Garc铆a....epic. Throw in a government political coup. Oh I want to hear more and more about these wonderful characters.
I listened to this one via audio. There were two narrators - one male, one female. It took me a bit of time to get into the flow of the narration on this one. But once I did, I was captivated. However, I did not care for the male narration as much, from the point of view of Esteban Trueba. To me, I had a picture in my mind of Esteban and how he would speak. And this voice narration was just not him. Esteban was rugged, violent, jealous,.....and the narration was timid and quiet and too laid back. Just a nit-pick on my end. I just found it too jarring when the narration would switch, taking me out of my dream-like trance that I was in listening to this magical book.
A beautiful book that I hope to revisit one day again and savor the details of the wonderful story.
Esteban Trueba.....hmmm, he is a monster (I think). Though does he ultimately redeem himself? Clara....a wonderful character, who I wanted to hear more about and her talents. The book touches on magical realism and it was done perfectly, weaved into the lives of each of the Trueba family members. The love between Blanca and Pedro Tercero Garc铆a....epic. Throw in a government political coup. Oh I want to hear more and more about these wonderful characters.
I listened to this one via audio. There were two narrators - one male, one female. It took me a bit of time to get into the flow of the narration on this one. But once I did, I was captivated. However, I did not care for the male narration as much, from the point of view of Esteban Trueba. To me, I had a picture in my mind of Esteban and how he would speak. And this voice narration was just not him. Esteban was rugged, violent, jealous,.....and the narration was timid and quiet and too laid back. Just a nit-pick on my end. I just found it too jarring when the narration would switch, taking me out of my dream-like trance that I was in listening to this magical book.
A beautiful book that I hope to revisit one day again and savor the details of the wonderful story.
June 14, 2020
鬲亘丿兀 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 毓氐賷亘丞貙 賲鬲禺匕賸丕 賯乇丕乇賰 賲爻亘賯賸丕 亘兀賳賰 爻鬲賯乇兀 賱兀噩賱 丕賱賲鬲毓丞 賵賱丕 卮賷亍 爻賵丕賴丕貙 賮賱丕 鬲乇賰賷夭 毓賱賶 賳賯丕胤 兀賵 鬲爻噩賷賱 賱賲賱丨賵馗丕鬲 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賷 鬲爻鬲毓賷賳 亘賴丕 毓賳丿 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓丞. 鬲亘丿兀 乇丨賱鬲賰 賲毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲乇鬲亘賰賸丕貙 賲鬲毓孬乇賸丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲乇丞貙 賵鬲賰丕丿 鬲卮毓乇 兀賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賱丕 鬲賲乇賾 亘賷賳 賷丿賷賰貙 鬲卮賰賰 賮賷 丕禺鬲賷丕乇賰 賱鬲賵賯賷鬲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕貙 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 鬲兀噩賷賱賴丕 賱賵賯鬲 丌禺乇貙 賵亘賲噩乇丿 亘丿亍 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 匕賱賰 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕噩鬲賷丕丨賰 亘丕賱賰丕賲賱貙 鬲鬲睾賱睾賱 丿丕禺賱 鬲賱丕賮賷賮 賲禺賰貙 賵鬲賱賲爻 兀毓賲賯 兀毓賲丕賯 賯賱亘賰貙 鬲噩匕亘賰貙 亘廿賷賯丕毓賴丕 丕賱賴丕丿卅 鬲兀爻乇賰貙 亘卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱亘丿賷毓丞 鬲賮鬲賳賰貙 賵毓賳丿 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 鬲氐亘 毓賱賷賰 禺賱丕氐丞 丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵丕賱廿亘丿丕毓貙 賮鬲賱噩賲賰貙 賵鬲賮賯丿賰 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳胤賯 賱爻丕毓丕鬲貙 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 丕賱丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲 賵毓丿賲 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賰 賱兀賳賰 賱賳 鬲鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱賵氐賮貙 孬賲 鬲噩丿 亘丿丕禺賱賰 胤丕賯丞 鬲丿賮毓賰 賱賱丨丿賷孬 賱兀噩賱 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賮賯胤貙 賱兀噩賱 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞貙 賱兀噩賱 丕賱乇丨賱丞.
賲乇丨亘賸丕 亘賰 賮賷 毓賵丕賱賲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賮毓賱賴 賯賱賲賴丕貙 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 鬲禺賱賮賴 賵乇丕亍賴丕 賲賳 兀孬乇.
鬲丨賰賷 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷丨賰賽 兀丨丿貙 鬲睾夭賱 禺賷賵胤 乇丨賱鬲賴丕 亘賲賴丕乇丞 賮鬲亘賴乇賰 亘賳爻賷噩賺 乇賵丕卅賷賾 亘丿賷毓貙 鬲賲賴賾丿 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘亘胤亍 賰胤亘丕禺 賷胤賴賵 胤毓丕賲賴 亘賲夭丕噩賺 禺丕賱氐 賰賷 賷賲賳丨賴 賳賰賴鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞貙 鬲毓胤賷 兀亘胤丕賱賴丕 賲賳 乇賵丨賴丕 賮鬲噩爻丿賴賲 亘卮乇賸丕 賲賳 賱丨賲 賵丿賲貙 鬲鬲賱丕毓亘 亘丕賱夭賲丕賳 賰賲丕 鬲卮丕亍貙 鬲噩賱亘 賳鬲賮賸丕 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賮賷 丕賱丨丕囟乇貙 賵鬲爻丕賮乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 廿賱賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 孬賲 鬲毓賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱氐賮丨丞 賵乇亘賲丕 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賮賯乇丞貙 鬲鬲賱丕毓亘 亘丕賱賳氐 賰卮賴乇夭丕丿 兀賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞.
賱賲 兀賯乇兀 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 毓賲賱賸丕 亘賴 賲賳 丿爻丕賲丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵毓賲賯 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賰賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱貙 賰賲 丕賱賲鬲丕賴丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷賴丕 亘賷賳 氐賮丨鬲賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賰賱 毓賲賱 賲賳 兀毓賲丕賱賴丕 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲氐賮賯 賲賳亘賴乇賸丕 賮賵乇 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賰賱 賱賯丕亍 賲賳 丕賳丿賴丕卮賰 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 毓賱賶 丕賯鬲賷丕丿賴丕 賱夭賲丕賲 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賱賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲爻丕賮丕鬲 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷鬲賵賴 兀賵 兀賳 賷賲賱 兀賵 賷卮毓乇 賱賱丨馗丞 亘爻禺丕賮丞 賲丕 賷賯乇兀. 鬲噩毓賱 賲賳 賯囟賷鬲賴丕 賯囟賷鬲賰 賵賯囟賷丞 賰賱 丕賱亘卮乇貙 賮丕賱丨亘 賱賴 賳賮爻 丕賱爻丨乇貙 賵丕賱兀賵胤丕賳 亘賴丕 賳賮爻 丕賱賯賴乇貙 賵丕賱卮毓賵亘 鬲毓丕賳賷 賳賮爻 丕賱匕賱貙 賱匕賱賰 鬲噩丿 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 丿丕禺賱 丨賰丕賷鬲賴丕 噩夭亍賸丕 鬲毓乇賮賴 毓賳 賳賮爻賰貙 毓賳 賵胤賳賰貙 兀賵 噩夭亍賸丕 噩丿賷丿賸丕 賷氐丿賲賰 鬲噩丕賴賴賲丕.
丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丨賰丕賷丕鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 毓丕賲丞賸 賵賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 禺丕氐丞賸 賷卮毓乇 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘賲丿賶 囟丨丕賱丞 賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱賵氐賮貙 賮賷賳鬲賴賷 亘賴 丕賱丨丕賱 賱丕 卮毓賵乇賷賸丕 廿賱賶 丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 兀賳 賷乇丕爻賱 賰賱 賲賳 賷毓乇賮賴賲 賰賷 賷乇賵丕 亘兀毓賷賳賴賲 賲丕 乇兀賶 賲賳 噩賲丕賱貙 賵賷賲鬲毓賵丕 毓賯賵賱賴賲 亘賲丕 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓 賲賳 廿亘丿丕毓貙 賵賱賰賳 賴匕丕 氐毓亘 丕賱賲賳丕賱.
賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷丿丞 賱丕 鬲賹賲賱賾 氐丨亘鬲賴丕貙 賵賱丕 兀鬲賲賳賶 賱賯賱賲賴丕 兀賳 賷鬲賵賯賮 賷賵賲賸丕.
賴賱 賷賵噩丿 爻亘賷賱 丌禺乇 賱賱孬乇孬乇丞責..賱丕
賴賱 丕賰鬲賮賷鬲購 賲賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬責.. 賱丕
賴賱 爻鬲賳噩丨 賴匕賴 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 丕賱賲亘毓孬乇丞 賮賷 噩匕亘 兀丨丿賴賲 賱丕賰鬲卮丕賮 毓賵丕賱賲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賮丕鬲賳丞責
賱丕 兀馗賳..
!廿匕賸丕 賮賱鬲氐賲鬲 賷丕 乇噩賱.
鬲賲鬲.
July 1, 2022
Our souls has no place in this world even if we lived in a one thousands room House
We continue to run madly behind freedom and love,money and beauty; justice and power; master ship and independence
For 75 years, and three families Allende have taken us to run behind the mirage and fall under the disappointments of an old house.that opened for her the door of literature kingdom
We struggle and suffer isolation and cruelty and alienation must defeat us
There are many kinds of life that makes you rush to death But nothing worse than our fear from fear itself and our novel here is about: fighting death
Three families of three Ethnicities To form the monstrosity modern Chilean society
The Spanish family of Del vallies; the Castilian-Arab: Trobia family; and the Indo-Latin Garcia family
for the first time Isabelle gave the lead to a hero, not a heroine, but time was the real hero here as always
The four whites
Neviea. .Clara..Blanca . .alba .. From the grandmother to the late granddaughter they all shared a name meaning: whiteness and disclosure .. Depart / political like Nivea and Alba
Indeed, one of them was not atrophied or false ' to the contrary, they were always clear; they shared simplicity and non-cost and sometimes "silliness " ..
Nivia grandmother was an early "feminism" and put them on the path of independence and giving to others and doing good and the compation for others either for Political reasons like Nivea and Alba
Or just for the sake of charity like Clara and Blanca
Esteban Troubia
He's the man who wither plants when he enter the place
The angry lion; the self-made the fascist; the disgruntled dictator
The descendant of the Peruvian royal family, who in his childhood bloomed with newspaper under his clothes and walked miles because he did not have Santafo to ride the tram.. he was angered by his father and by the heavy loss of Rosa on the day of his victory over poverty;
We continue to run madly behind freedom and love,money and beauty; justice and power; master ship and independence
For 75 years, and three families Allende have taken us to run behind the mirage and fall under the disappointments of an old house.that opened for her the door of literature kingdom
We struggle and suffer isolation and cruelty and alienation must defeat us
There are many kinds of life that makes you rush to death But nothing worse than our fear from fear itself and our novel here is about: fighting death
Three families of three Ethnicities To form the monstrosity modern Chilean society
The Spanish family of Del vallies; the Castilian-Arab: Trobia family; and the Indo-Latin Garcia family
for the first time Isabelle gave the lead to a hero, not a heroine, but time was the real hero here as always
The four whites
Neviea. .Clara..Blanca . .alba .. From the grandmother to the late granddaughter they all shared a name meaning: whiteness and disclosure .. Depart / political like Nivea and Alba
Indeed, one of them was not atrophied or false ' to the contrary, they were always clear; they shared simplicity and non-cost and sometimes "silliness " ..
Nivia grandmother was an early "feminism" and put them on the path of independence and giving to others and doing good and the compation for others either for Political reasons like Nivea and Alba
Or just for the sake of charity like Clara and Blanca
Esteban Troubia
He's the man who wither plants when he enter the place
The angry lion; the self-made the fascist; the disgruntled dictator
The descendant of the Peruvian royal family, who in his childhood bloomed with newspaper under his clothes and walked miles because he did not have Santafo to ride the tram.. he was angered by his father and by the heavy loss of Rosa on the day of his victory over poverty;
April 17, 2019
孬賱丕孬賷丞 賲丿賴卮丞.. 鬲氐賱 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賮賷 禺鬲丕賲賴丕 廿賱賶 爻亘毓賷賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕丞 兀噩賷丕賱 鬲丨賰賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 鬲丕乇賷禺 鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賵丕賱賮賰乇賷
孬賱丕孬 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賷噩賲毓 亘賷賳賴賲 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 賮賷 丕賱乇丐賷丞 賵丕賱爻乇丿
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕丞 兀噩賷丕賱 鬲丨賰賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 鬲丕乇賷禺 鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賵丕賱賮賰乇賷
孬賱丕孬 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賷噩賲毓 亘賷賳賴賲 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 賮賷 丕賱乇丐賷丞 賵丕賱爻乇丿
December 8, 2020
丕賱丕丿亘 賴賵 賮賳 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 亘丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賮賰丕乇 賵 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵 毓賳 賴賵丕噩爻賴 賵 賳賯賱 氐賵乇丞 氐丕丿賯丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賲毓丕賳賶 毓賱賶 賴賷卅丞 賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 賴匕丕 賷丨鬲丕噩 丕賱賶 賲賵賴亘丞 賰亘賷乇丞 賵 賳丕丿乇丞 亘丕賱胤亘毓 賵 毓賳丿 賴匕丞 丕賱賳賯胤丞 賷毓噩夭 丕賱賱爻丕賳 毓賳 丕賱亘賵丨 亘賲丕 丕孬丕乇鬲賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賶 丕賱鬲賶 噩丕亍鬲 賲賳 賯丕乇丞 丕賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賮賶 丕賯氐賶 丕賱噩賳賵亘 賱鬲匕賴賱賳賶 賵 鬲爻丨乇賳賶 賵 鬲夭賱夭賱 賰賷丕賳賶 賵 賲賮賴賵賲賶 毓賳 丕賱丕丿亘 賵 鬲夭乇毓 賮賶 賲毓丕賳賶 丕禺乇賶 賵 賳賵毓 噩丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丕丿亘 賱鬲賳賯賱 亘賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 丕賱丨亘 賵 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵 丕賱鬲賲乇丿 賵 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賵 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賮賶 賯丕賱亘 乇賵丕卅賶 賱丕 賷卮賵亘賴 卮丕卅亘丞 賷賱賲爻 丕賱賯賱亘 賵 賱賲 丕鬲毓丿賶 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲丕卅丞 氐賮丨丞 丨鬲賶 賵賯毓鬲 賮賶 丨亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵 丨亘 廿賷夭丕 .
" 丕賰丕丿 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕賱噩賲丕賱 丕匕賵亘 "
賴匕丕 丕賱噩賲丕賱 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賶 賲禺賷賱鬲賶 毓賳丿賲丕 賮鬲丨鬲 丕賵賱 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 , 禺亘乇鬲賶 賯賱賷賱丞 賮賶 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 賳毓賲 賯乇丕鬲 " 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 " 賮賶 亘丿丕賷丕鬲 賯乇丕卅鬲賶 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞 賵 丕毓噩亘鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 睾乇丕亘鬲賴丕 賵 丕丨丿丕锟斤拷賴丕 丕賱鬲賶 丕鬲匕賰乇賴丕 亘毓丿 賲乇賵乇 爻賳賷賳 賱賰賳 丕賱賮乇賯 賰亘賷乇 亘賷賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷鬲賷賳 毓賱賶 賲丕 丕鬲匕賰乇 , 賲丕乇賰賷夭 鬲毓賲丿 丕馗賴丕乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 賮 丕氐亘丨鬲 丕賯乇亘 丕賱賶 乇賵丕賷丞 賮丕賳鬲丕夭賷丕 丕賯乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 毓賱賶 毓賰爻 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱鬲賶 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 亘胤乇賷賯丞 亘爻賷胤丞 賮賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賮 丕氐亘丨鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘賴丕 丕賱賯賱賷賱 賲賳 丕賱爻丨乇 賵 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵 賱賰賳 亘賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 噩丿丕 賲賳 爻丨乇 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 丕毓鬲亘乇 賴匕丞 丕賵賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賶 賮賶 丕賱丕丿亘 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷 賵 亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 賵賯毓鬲 賮賶 丨亘 賴匕丞 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇丞 亘丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 丕賱卮賷賯丞 賵 丕賱賲賳丿賮毓丞 賵 鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賶 毓丕賱賲 噩丿賷丿 睾丕賲囟 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賶 .
賷毓鬲亘乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲鬲賰丕賲賱 丕賵賱 丕毓賲丕賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 毓賱賶 丕賱丕胤賱丕賯 賵 賵賲丕 兀夭丕賱購 兀丨丕賵賱 兀賳 兀爻鬲賵毓亘 賴匕丞 丕賱賲賮丕噩卅丞 , 丕賱賳囟噩 丕賱賮賰乇賶 賵 丕賱爻乇丿賶 賱賳賯賱 丕丨丿丕孬 70 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬 鬲卮賷賱賶 亘丿丕賷丞 賮賶 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 丨鬲賶 1975 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻丕丨乇丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賱鬲毓賷卮 丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴丕 賲賳 賲丌爻賶 賵 丨亘 , 賱賯丿 丕賳鬲賯賱鬲 亘乇賵丨賶 賱丕毓賷卮 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵 亘賷賳 丕丨囟丕賳 亘賷鬲 丕賱丕乇賵丕丨 賵 丕丨賷丕亍 鬲卮賷賱賶 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴丕 丕丨丿丕孬 .
毓賳丿 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賯氐氐賶 賵 鬲丿賮賯 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賷丕鬲賶 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賱賷毓亘乇 毓賳 賰賲賷丞 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 " 丿爻賲丞 " 賱丕 賷賵噩丿 鬲毓亘賷乇 丕禺乇 賱賵氐賮賴丕 賴匕丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 睾夭賷乇丞 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 匕賰乇鬲賳賶 亘亘丿丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賷賳 丕賱賯氐乇賷賳 賱賳噩賷亘 賲丨賮賵馗 毓賳丿賲丕 卮乇毓鬲 賮賶 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 , 鬲賳鬲賴賶 賲賳 氐賮丨丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賮 賷丕鬲賷賰 丕丨爻丕爻 丕賳賰 賯乇兀鬲 毓卮乇丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 賱賲丕 鬲丨鬲賵賷丞 賲賳 賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 丕丨丿丕孬 亘丕爻賱賵亘 賲賲鬲毓 賴丕丿卅 鬲賳鬲賯賱 亘爻賱丕爻丞 亘賷賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵 丕賱丕夭賲賳丞 賵 賱丕 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲賮賯丿 鬲乇賰賷夭賰 亘賱 鬲噩毓賱賰 賲賳鬲亘賴 賲賳 賯賲丞 丕賱丕孬丕乇丞 賵 乇爻賲賴丕 賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩賶 賷丨鬲丕噩 賱賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 賱賳 鬲賰賮賶 丨賯賴丕 .
賱賳 丕禺賮賶 丕賲鬲毓丕囟賶 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨乇賯 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞 賮 鬲賮賯丿 毓賳氐乇 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱孬賱孬 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 賷丐乇賯賳賶 賵 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 丕賳 鬲賮賯丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳噩賲丞 亘爻亘亘賴 賱賰賳 噩丕亍 丕賱噩夭亍丕賱爻賷丕爻賶 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賱賷賯賱亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇兀爻丕 毓賱賶 毓賯亘 , 賱賲 丕賯乇丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 賵氐賮 賱賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕賱毓爻賰乇賶 亘賲丕 賮賷賴 賲賳 馗賱賲 賵 鬲毓匕賷亘 賵 丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賵 爻噩賵賳 賰賲丕 賵氐賮鬲賴 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 , 乇丕賷鬲 賳賮爻賶 丕爻鬲乇噩毓賶 丕丨丿丕孬 亘賱丿賶 丕賱賲賳賰賵亘 丕禺乇 5 爻賳賷賳 亘賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賮賷賴 丕賱賶 丕賱丕賳 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬 賲卮丕亘賴丞 賱賲丕 丨丿孬 賮賶 爻亘毓賷賳丕鬲 鬲卮賷賱賶 , 賰兀賳 賷賵噩丿 賰鬲丕亘 賲賵丨丿 賱賱丕賳賯賱丕亘賷賳 賵 丕賱丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賲賵噩賴 賱賴賲 賮 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賲賲丕孬賱丞 亘賳爻亘丞 鬲賮賵賯 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賱鬲氐亘丨 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賮賶 賰賱 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱鬲賶 丕乇丕丿鬲 丕賳 鬲丨馗賶 亘 丨賰賲 賲賷丿丕賳賶 , 賳賮爻 丕賱爻匕丕噩丞 賳賮爻 丕賱賮爻丕丿 賵 賳賮爻 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷丞 .
賱賳 丕卮乇毓 賮賶 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賱丕賳賶 賱賳 丕賵賮賷賴賲 丨賯賴賲 , 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賲乇爻賵賲丞 亘毓賳丕賷丞 , 丕禺匕鬲 賵賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱鬲胤賵乇 丕賱鬲丿乇賷噩賶 丨鬲賶 賱丨馗丕鬲 賳賴丕賷丞 丕丨丿丕孬賴賲 , 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賶 丕毓卮賯 賰賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賶 賰乇賴鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱丕賵賱 鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 爻丨乇賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐 丕賱匕賶 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 賵 賱賰賳 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賶 賲毓 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賳噩匕亘 丕賱賶 卮禺氐賷丞 " 禺丕賷賲賶 " 鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 賰賱 賲乇丕丨賱 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 .
賰賱丕乇丕 " 丕賱夭賵噩丞 \ 丕賱丕賲 " : 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 丕賱賲賱丕卅賰賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賲孬賱鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賮賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 亘賯丿乇丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲禺丕胤乇賷丞 賵 鬲賳亘兀卅賴丕 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 .
丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 " 丕賱夭賵噩 \ 丕賱丕亘 " : 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱氐丕乇賲 丕賱毓賳賷丿 丕賱馗丕賱賲 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱匕賶 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲賰乇賴賴 孬賲 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓丕胤賮 賲毓賴 賮 鬲氐亘丨 鬲鬲賯賱亘 亘賷賳 賲卮丕毓乇賰 賵 亘賷賷賳 丕賮毓丕賱賴 賵 賳賵亘兀鬲 睾囟亘賴 .
賮賷乇賵賱丕 : 丕禺鬲 丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賶 丕氐亘丨鬲 丕賱氐丿賷賯丞 丕賱丕賯乇亘 賱賰賱丕乇丕 丨鬲賶 丕孬丕乇鬲 睾賷乇丞 丕禺賵賴丕 賮 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賰賲丕 亘丿丕鬲 賲兀爻賵賷丞 鬲賳鬲賴賶 丨夭賷賳丞 賲毓 賱毓賳鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賶 鬲氐賷亘 丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 .
亘賱丕賳賰丕 " 丕賱丕亘賳丞 " : 丕賱鬲賶 賲孬賱鬲 噩丕賳亘 丕賱丨亘 丕賱亘乇卅 亘鬲毓丕爻鬲賴 賵 丕賱鬲囟丨賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 毓丕卮鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱丨亘 .
亘賷丿乇賵 噩丕乇孬賷丕 : 丕賱孬丕卅乇 賱賱賮賯乇丕亍 賵 丕賱丨賯賵賯 賵 丕賱毓丿賱 賵 丨亘賷亘 亘賱丕賳賰丕 丕賱爻乇賶 丕賱匕賶 匕賰乇賳賶 賰孬賷乇丕 亘 噩賷賮丕乇丕 .
賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 " 丕賱丕亘賳 " : 丕亘賳 賰賱丕乇丕 丕賱賲鬲毓賱賯 亘 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 睾乇賷亘 丨鬲賶 賷賯毓 卮睾賮賴 賮賶 丿乇丕爻丞 丕賱丿賷丕賳丕鬲 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 .
禺丕賷賲賶 " 丕賱丕亘賳 " : 丕亘賳 賰賱丕乇丕 丕賱鬲丐丕賲 賱丕禺賵賴 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 賱賰賳 毓賱賶 毓賰爻 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 賰丕賳 禺丕賷賲賶 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 毓丕卮 賵爻胤 賰鬲亘賴 賵 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 賱賱胤亘 賵 毓賱丕噩賴 賱賱賮賯乇丕亍 賵 丨亘賴 賱賱孬賵丕乇 .
兀賱亘丕 : 丕亘賳丞 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賵 亘賷丿乇賵 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩賲毓 亘賷賳 丨亘 賵 鬲毓賱賯 噩賲賷毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮 丕禺丿鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱孬賵乇賶 賲賳 禺丕賱賴丕 禺丕賷賲賶 賵 丕賱丨亘 丕賱賲賮乇胤 賲賳 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賵 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賲賳 噩丿鬲賴丕 賰賱丕乇丕 .
鬲氐賳賷賮 賴匕丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 爻丨乇賷丞 賲賷賱賵丿乇丕賲丕 賱賰賳 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻賷丕爻賶 亘賴丕 賰丕賳 睾丕賷丞 賮賶 丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵 丕賱賵噩毓 賵 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞 賱鬲賳賴賶 賴匕丞 丕賱鬲丨賮丞 丕賱丕丿亘賷丞 賵 鬲噩毓賱賳賶 丕毓卮賯 兀賷夭丕亘賷賱 賵 丨鬲賲丕 爻賵賮 丕賯乇丕 賱賴丕 賲乇丞 丕禺乇丞 賯乇賷亘丞 賵 丕賰賲賱 賴匕丞 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵 丕鬲毓賲賯 丕賰孬乇 賮賶 賴匕丞 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱賲馗賱賲丞 丕賱賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘丕鬲 賵 丕賱爻丨乇 .
" 丕賰丕丿 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕賱噩賲丕賱 丕匕賵亘 "
賴匕丕 丕賱噩賲丕賱 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賶 賲禺賷賱鬲賶 毓賳丿賲丕 賮鬲丨鬲 丕賵賱 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 , 禺亘乇鬲賶 賯賱賷賱丞 賮賶 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 賳毓賲 賯乇丕鬲 " 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 " 賮賶 亘丿丕賷丕鬲 賯乇丕卅鬲賶 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞 賵 丕毓噩亘鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 睾乇丕亘鬲賴丕 賵 丕丨丿丕锟斤拷賴丕 丕賱鬲賶 丕鬲匕賰乇賴丕 亘毓丿 賲乇賵乇 爻賳賷賳 賱賰賳 丕賱賮乇賯 賰亘賷乇 亘賷賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷鬲賷賳 毓賱賶 賲丕 丕鬲匕賰乇 , 賲丕乇賰賷夭 鬲毓賲丿 丕馗賴丕乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 賮 丕氐亘丨鬲 丕賯乇亘 丕賱賶 乇賵丕賷丞 賮丕賳鬲丕夭賷丕 丕賯乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 毓賱賶 毓賰爻 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱鬲賶 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 亘胤乇賷賯丞 亘爻賷胤丞 賮賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賮 丕氐亘丨鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘賴丕 丕賱賯賱賷賱 賲賳 丕賱爻丨乇 賵 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵 賱賰賳 亘賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 噩丿丕 賲賳 爻丨乇 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 丕毓鬲亘乇 賴匕丞 丕賵賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賶 賮賶 丕賱丕丿亘 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷 賵 亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 賵賯毓鬲 賮賶 丨亘 賴匕丞 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇丞 亘丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 丕賱卮賷賯丞 賵 丕賱賲賳丿賮毓丞 賵 鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賶 毓丕賱賲 噩丿賷丿 睾丕賲囟 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賶 .
賷毓鬲亘乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲鬲賰丕賲賱 丕賵賱 丕毓賲丕賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 毓賱賶 丕賱丕胤賱丕賯 賵 賵賲丕 兀夭丕賱購 兀丨丕賵賱 兀賳 兀爻鬲賵毓亘 賴匕丞 丕賱賲賮丕噩卅丞 , 丕賱賳囟噩 丕賱賮賰乇賶 賵 丕賱爻乇丿賶 賱賳賯賱 丕丨丿丕孬 70 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬 鬲卮賷賱賶 亘丿丕賷丞 賮賶 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 丨鬲賶 1975 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻丕丨乇丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賱鬲毓賷卮 丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴丕 賲賳 賲丌爻賶 賵 丨亘 , 賱賯丿 丕賳鬲賯賱鬲 亘乇賵丨賶 賱丕毓賷卮 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵 亘賷賳 丕丨囟丕賳 亘賷鬲 丕賱丕乇賵丕丨 賵 丕丨賷丕亍 鬲卮賷賱賶 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴丕 丕丨丿丕孬 .
毓賳丿 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賯氐氐賶 賵 鬲丿賮賯 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賷丕鬲賶 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賱賷毓亘乇 毓賳 賰賲賷丞 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 " 丿爻賲丞 " 賱丕 賷賵噩丿 鬲毓亘賷乇 丕禺乇 賱賵氐賮賴丕 賴匕丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 睾夭賷乇丞 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 匕賰乇鬲賳賶 亘亘丿丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賷賳 丕賱賯氐乇賷賳 賱賳噩賷亘 賲丨賮賵馗 毓賳丿賲丕 卮乇毓鬲 賮賶 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 , 鬲賳鬲賴賶 賲賳 氐賮丨丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賮 賷丕鬲賷賰 丕丨爻丕爻 丕賳賰 賯乇兀鬲 毓卮乇丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 賱賲丕 鬲丨鬲賵賷丞 賲賳 賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 丕丨丿丕孬 亘丕爻賱賵亘 賲賲鬲毓 賴丕丿卅 鬲賳鬲賯賱 亘爻賱丕爻丞 亘賷賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵 丕賱丕夭賲賳丞 賵 賱丕 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲賮賯丿 鬲乇賰賷夭賰 亘賱 鬲噩毓賱賰 賲賳鬲亘賴 賲賳 賯賲丞 丕賱丕孬丕乇丞 賵 乇爻賲賴丕 賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賳賲賵匕噩賶 賷丨鬲丕噩 賱賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵 賱賳 鬲賰賮賶 丨賯賴丕 .
"賱丕 賷禺鬲賱賮 賲賵鬲賳丕 貙 毓賳 賱丨馗丞 丕賱賲噩卅 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 貙 賮賳丨賳 賳禺卮賶 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 貙 睾賷乇 兀賳 丕賱禺賵賮 賴賵 卮卅 丿丕禺賱賷 賮賷賳丕 貙 賱賷爻 賱賴 毓賱丕賯丞 亘丕賱賵丕賯毓 貙 賵賴賰匕丕 賮丕賱賲賵鬲 賴賵 賰丕賱賵賱丕丿丞 .. 鬲亘丿賱 亘爻賷胤 "
賱賳 丕禺賮賶 丕賲鬲毓丕囟賶 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨乇賯 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞 賮 鬲賮賯丿 毓賳氐乇 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱孬賱孬 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 賷丐乇賯賳賶 賵 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 丕賳 鬲賮賯丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳噩賲丞 亘爻亘亘賴 賱賰賳 噩丕亍 丕賱噩夭亍丕賱爻賷丕爻賶 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賱賷賯賱亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇兀爻丕 毓賱賶 毓賯亘 , 賱賲 丕賯乇丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 賵氐賮 賱賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕賱毓爻賰乇賶 亘賲丕 賮賷賴 賲賳 馗賱賲 賵 鬲毓匕賷亘 賵 丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賵 爻噩賵賳 賰賲丕 賵氐賮鬲賴 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 , 乇丕賷鬲 賳賮爻賶 丕爻鬲乇噩毓賶 丕丨丿丕孬 亘賱丿賶 丕賱賲賳賰賵亘 丕禺乇 5 爻賳賷賳 亘賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賮賷賴 丕賱賶 丕賱丕賳 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬 賲卮丕亘賴丞 賱賲丕 丨丿孬 賮賶 爻亘毓賷賳丕鬲 鬲卮賷賱賶 , 賰兀賳 賷賵噩丿 賰鬲丕亘 賲賵丨丿 賱賱丕賳賯賱丕亘賷賳 賵 丕賱丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賲賵噩賴 賱賴賲 賮 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賲賲丕孬賱丞 亘賳爻亘丞 鬲賮賵賯 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賱鬲氐亘丨 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賮賶 賰賱 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱鬲賶 丕乇丕丿鬲 丕賳 鬲丨馗賶 亘 丨賰賲 賲賷丿丕賳賶 , 賳賮爻 丕賱爻匕丕噩丞 賳賮爻 丕賱賮爻丕丿 賵 賳賮爻 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷丞 .
鈥溬嗀纲嗁� 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賱丕 鬲賯毓 廿賱丕 賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 . 丨鬲賶 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 鬲賯毓 賮賷賴 毓賱賶 乇丐賵爻賳丕鈥�
賱賳 丕卮乇毓 賮賶 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賱丕賳賶 賱賳 丕賵賮賷賴賲 丨賯賴賲 , 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賲乇爻賵賲丞 亘毓賳丕賷丞 , 丕禺匕鬲 賵賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱鬲胤賵乇 丕賱鬲丿乇賷噩賶 丨鬲賶 賱丨馗丕鬲 賳賴丕賷丞 丕丨丿丕孬賴賲 , 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賶 丕毓卮賯 賰賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賶 賰乇賴鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱丕賵賱 鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 爻丨乇賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐 丕賱匕賶 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 賵 賱賰賳 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賶 賲毓 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賳噩匕亘 丕賱賶 卮禺氐賷丞 " 禺丕賷賲賶 " 鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 賰賱 賲乇丕丨賱 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 .
賰賱丕乇丕 " 丕賱夭賵噩丞 \ 丕賱丕賲 " : 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 丕賱賲賱丕卅賰賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賲孬賱鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賮賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 亘賯丿乇丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲禺丕胤乇賷丞 賵 鬲賳亘兀卅賴丕 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 .
丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 " 丕賱夭賵噩 \ 丕賱丕亘 " : 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱氐丕乇賲 丕賱毓賳賷丿 丕賱馗丕賱賲 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱匕賶 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲賰乇賴賴 孬賲 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲毓丕胤賮 賲毓賴 賮 鬲氐亘丨 鬲鬲賯賱亘 亘賷賳 賲卮丕毓乇賰 賵 亘賷賷賳 丕賮毓丕賱賴 賵 賳賵亘兀鬲 睾囟亘賴 .
賮賷乇賵賱丕 : 丕禺鬲 丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 鬲乇賵亘賷丕 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賶 丕氐亘丨鬲 丕賱氐丿賷賯丞 丕賱丕賯乇亘 賱賰賱丕乇丕 丨鬲賶 丕孬丕乇鬲 睾賷乇丞 丕禺賵賴丕 賮 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賰賲丕 亘丿丕鬲 賲兀爻賵賷丞 鬲賳鬲賴賶 丨夭賷賳丞 賲毓 賱毓賳鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賶 鬲氐賷亘 丕爻鬲賷亘丕賳 .
亘賱丕賳賰丕 " 丕賱丕亘賳丞 " : 丕賱鬲賶 賲孬賱鬲 噩丕賳亘 丕賱丨亘 丕賱亘乇卅 亘鬲毓丕爻鬲賴 賵 丕賱鬲囟丨賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 毓丕卮鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱丨亘 .
亘賷丿乇賵 噩丕乇孬賷丕 : 丕賱孬丕卅乇 賱賱賮賯乇丕亍 賵 丕賱丨賯賵賯 賵 丕賱毓丿賱 賵 丨亘賷亘 亘賱丕賳賰丕 丕賱爻乇賶 丕賱匕賶 匕賰乇賳賶 賰孬賷乇丕 亘 噩賷賮丕乇丕 .
賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 " 丕賱丕亘賳 " : 丕亘賳 賰賱丕乇丕 丕賱賲鬲毓賱賯 亘 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 睾乇賷亘 丨鬲賶 賷賯毓 卮睾賮賴 賮賶 丿乇丕爻丞 丕賱丿賷丕賳丕鬲 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 .
禺丕賷賲賶 " 丕賱丕亘賳 " : 丕亘賳 賰賱丕乇丕 丕賱鬲丐丕賲 賱丕禺賵賴 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 賱賰賳 毓賱賶 毓賰爻 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 賰丕賳 禺丕賷賲賶 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 毓丕卮 賵爻胤 賰鬲亘賴 賵 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 賱賱胤亘 賵 毓賱丕噩賴 賱賱賮賯乇丕亍 賵 丨亘賴 賱賱孬賵丕乇 .
兀賱亘丕 : 丕亘賳丞 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賵 亘賷丿乇賵 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩賲毓 亘賷賳 丨亘 賵 鬲毓賱賯 噩賲賷毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮 丕禺丿鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱孬賵乇賶 賲賳 禺丕賱賴丕 禺丕賷賲賶 賵 丕賱丨亘 丕賱賲賮乇胤 賲賳 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 亘賱丕賳賰丕 賵 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賲賳 噩丿鬲賴丕 賰賱丕乇丕 .
鬲氐賳賷賮 賴匕丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 爻丨乇賷丞 賲賷賱賵丿乇丕賲丕 賱賰賳 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻賷丕爻賶 亘賴丕 賰丕賳 睾丕賷丞 賮賶 丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵 丕賱賵噩毓 賵 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞 賱鬲賳賴賶 賴匕丞 丕賱鬲丨賮丞 丕賱丕丿亘賷丞 賵 鬲噩毓賱賳賶 丕毓卮賯 兀賷夭丕亘賷賱 賵 丨鬲賲丕 爻賵賮 丕賯乇丕 賱賴丕 賲乇丞 丕禺乇丞 賯乇賷亘丞 賵 丕賰賲賱 賴匕丞 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵 丕鬲毓賲賯 丕賰孬乇 賮賶 賴匕丞 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱賲馗賱賲丞 丕賱賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘丕鬲 賵 丕賱爻丨乇 .
December 17, 2019
100 Years of Solitude except not boring, is what Isabel Allende's 1982 landmark of magical realism is. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's epic, it follows several cyclic generations of a family through the history of a country. But it has an immediacy that 100 Years, with its frustrating mist, lacks; the story is better. It's a better book; it's the best book in the magical realism genre I've read.
South American literature is different from the rest - no, seriously, it is, I know that's a huge generalization and some South American books are just like other books, but when you read the big towering classics from South America they feel different, and the difference is magic. (Also violence, but that's a trait all colonized literature shares.)
We talk about magical realism a lot; that's a patronizing term meaning that it's just like real literature except with magic. It's patronizing to fantasy books, not to South Americans, although to be fair most fantasy is pretty lame. The defining magical realism book is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude (Colombia, 1967), which is - did I mention this? - boring.
The magic starts way farther back than that, though, in a metafictional world of dark wizards that's even more compelling for me. This is the world of the mighty Borges (Argentina, 1940s or so), Julio Cortazar (Argentina, 1960s), dazzling Clarice Lispector (Brazil, 1960s), and the grandfather of it all is sly Machado De Assis (Brazil, late 1800s), who once wrote a chapter called "Let us proceed to the chapter."
Then Roberto Bolano's 2666 blew everything up, but that's a different story. In the meantime we have House of the Spirits (Chile, 1982), which is the best magical realist novel ever written, and believe me because I've read, like...four or so of them.
The story follows three generations of women in the Trueba family: clairvoyant Clara, who marries anger-afflicted Esteban Trueba; their daughter Blanca, who carries on a secret affair with Pedro Terces Garcia, the son of Trueba's foreman; their daughter Alba, another mystic of sorts. They have a tendency to create fantastic creatures, out of cloth or clay or anything. Other characters include Clara and Esteban's twins Jaime the socialist doctor and Nicolas the guru; Trueba's bastard by rape Esteban Garcia; Pablo Neruda, himself; and one of the best dogs in literature, Barrabas. There are even more, but you will have no trouble keeping everyone straight, because Allende is a fantastic writer.
Along the way Allende tells the story of Chile and its fight for socialism. All the characters are affected by the turmoil; each is forced to pick a side. This heats up around the three quarter mark, and if you thought the book was engaging before, which you did, you'll be riveted for the last part. It's tough going - I've already mentioned rape and there's no shortage of it, along with some child molestation and some torture. (And, if you're curious, even a hot consensual adult sex scene or three.) Again, the other ongoing theme of South American novels is violence, which is always present and gets increasingly horrifying as we go.
The house itself is not the Trueba ranch in the country, Tres Marias, but their house in town that Trueba builds and then is knocked down by an earthquake and then is rebuilt again, and each time is slowly transformed by the Trueba women into a labyrinth, for various reasons - Clara responds to spirits, Alba is hiding political refugees, but it is always described as a labyrinth, which I imagine is a nod to Borges.
And like a labyrinth, the entire intricate structure fits together perfectly in ways you couldn't have imagined. There are twists and turns and sometimes you find yourself in a passage you swear you've been in before, and sometimes you think all is lost, and suddenly you're out, bewildered but exhilarated. What kind of architect dreamed this thing up? What just happened? Who knows, but it was magic.
South American literature is different from the rest - no, seriously, it is, I know that's a huge generalization and some South American books are just like other books, but when you read the big towering classics from South America they feel different, and the difference is magic. (Also violence, but that's a trait all colonized literature shares.)
We talk about magical realism a lot; that's a patronizing term meaning that it's just like real literature except with magic. It's patronizing to fantasy books, not to South Americans, although to be fair most fantasy is pretty lame. The defining magical realism book is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude (Colombia, 1967), which is - did I mention this? - boring.
The magic starts way farther back than that, though, in a metafictional world of dark wizards that's even more compelling for me. This is the world of the mighty Borges (Argentina, 1940s or so), Julio Cortazar (Argentina, 1960s), dazzling Clarice Lispector (Brazil, 1960s), and the grandfather of it all is sly Machado De Assis (Brazil, late 1800s), who once wrote a chapter called "Let us proceed to the chapter."
Then Roberto Bolano's 2666 blew everything up, but that's a different story. In the meantime we have House of the Spirits (Chile, 1982), which is the best magical realist novel ever written, and believe me because I've read, like...four or so of them.
The story follows three generations of women in the Trueba family: clairvoyant Clara, who marries anger-afflicted Esteban Trueba; their daughter Blanca, who carries on a secret affair with Pedro Terces Garcia, the son of Trueba's foreman; their daughter Alba, another mystic of sorts. They have a tendency to create fantastic creatures, out of cloth or clay or anything. Other characters include Clara and Esteban's twins Jaime the socialist doctor and Nicolas the guru; Trueba's bastard by rape Esteban Garcia; Pablo Neruda, himself; and one of the best dogs in literature, Barrabas. There are even more, but you will have no trouble keeping everyone straight, because Allende is a fantastic writer.
Along the way Allende tells the story of Chile and its fight for socialism. All the characters are affected by the turmoil; each is forced to pick a side. This heats up around the three quarter mark, and if you thought the book was engaging before, which you did, you'll be riveted for the last part. It's tough going - I've already mentioned rape and there's no shortage of it, along with some child molestation and some torture. (And, if you're curious, even a hot consensual adult sex scene or three.) Again, the other ongoing theme of South American novels is violence, which is always present and gets increasingly horrifying as we go.
The house itself is not the Trueba ranch in the country, Tres Marias, but their house in town that Trueba builds and then is knocked down by an earthquake and then is rebuilt again, and each time is slowly transformed by the Trueba women into a labyrinth, for various reasons - Clara responds to spirits, Alba is hiding political refugees, but it is always described as a labyrinth, which I imagine is a nod to Borges.
And like a labyrinth, the entire intricate structure fits together perfectly in ways you couldn't have imagined. There are twists and turns and sometimes you find yourself in a passage you swear you've been in before, and sometimes you think all is lost, and suddenly you're out, bewildered but exhilarated. What kind of architect dreamed this thing up? What just happened? Who knows, but it was magic.
June 18, 2021
"La casa de los esp铆ritus" es la historia de una saga familiar, llena de muerte, de amor y de magia, centrado en la figura del desp贸tico y tir谩nico patriarca Esteban Trueba, y todas las personas que pasaron por su vida durante los noventa largos a帽os que vivi贸. Muchos personajes se van a cruzar en esta historia, mientras el protagonismo va galopando de uno a otro conforme la trama va avanzando, pero siempre con la figura de Trueba como eje central.
Si os soy sincero, pese a que al final me ha encantando la obra y ha sido muy gratificante leerlo, me cost贸 mucho meterme en la historia. Los dos o tres primeros cap铆tulos me dejaron un poco desconcertado. Quiz谩s ten铆a unas ideas preconcebidas sobra el libro y no me esperaba un protagonista tan detestable como Esteban Trueba. Es un villano hecho protagonista y a veces las barbaridades que hac铆a me costaba asimilarlas, sobre todo cuando las narraba en primera persona. Pero en cuanto empezaron a aparecer los personajes femeninos, que hay muchos y bastante interesantes, se relajo esto y ya solo fue disfrute.
Aunque el libro est谩 narrado por una tercera persona que est谩 contando la historia, a veces, hab铆a trocitos narrados en primera persona por Esteban Trueba que, como ya he dicho, al principio me sacaban un poco de mis casillas. Pero finalmente me parecieron un recurso bastante interesante, ya que mientras que cuando el narraba justifica sus acciones, cuando volv铆amos a la tercera persona, eramos capaces de comprender la magnitud de su ego铆smo y maldad. Un detallito que tampoco me gust贸 es que hay demasiadas escenas de maltratao animal. Demasiadas.
Hay muchos personajes en esta obra pero los que destacan mucho son el mism铆simo trueba, Pedro Tercero, Miguel, y mis favoritas, el tr铆o que representan Clara, Blanca y Alba, abuela, madre e hija. Quiz谩s Clara ha sido mi favorita porque me ha parecido que dentro de su pac铆fica actitud, era la m谩s justa con los dem谩s y tanjante ante las acciones de Esteban, su marido. Alba tambi茅n me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo en los 煤ltimos cap铆tulos, que son una pasada. Un personaje maravilloso, que se ha quedado muy desaprovechado es Tr谩nsito Soto, necesitamos una novela sobre ella.
Una de las cosas m谩s disfrutables de la novela, es ese contexto hist贸rico, la transformaci贸n que sufre Chile a lo largo de todos estos a帽os. Esa derecha que cre铆a tener el poder para siempre, como un derecho divino, que finalmente va perdiendo poco a poco cuando las personas m谩s humildes empiezan a alzarse y reclamar sus derechos. Como la victoria de la izquierda, es ensombrecida por las estrategias de la derecha, con un golpe de estado como resultado. Flipante lo bien reflejado que est谩, como se va fraguando todo. De las cosas que m谩s me han gustado.
Me ha sorprendido ver que la parte m谩s m谩gica de este realismo m谩gico, llega un punto en la novela que pr谩cticamente desaparece y se vuelve solo realista. Los 煤ltimos cap铆tulos son dur铆simos, y rompen un poco con la t贸nica de la novela, y lo hacen en el buen sentido, porque son espectaculares. De hecho esta parte m谩gica es aportada, principalmente por Clara, mi personaje favorito de la historia. En difinitiva, me ha gustado mucho y aunque no ha sido todo lo que esperaba despu茅s de a帽os de expectaci贸n, s铆 que me ha parecido una obra muy buena.
Si os soy sincero, pese a que al final me ha encantando la obra y ha sido muy gratificante leerlo, me cost贸 mucho meterme en la historia. Los dos o tres primeros cap铆tulos me dejaron un poco desconcertado. Quiz谩s ten铆a unas ideas preconcebidas sobra el libro y no me esperaba un protagonista tan detestable como Esteban Trueba. Es un villano hecho protagonista y a veces las barbaridades que hac铆a me costaba asimilarlas, sobre todo cuando las narraba en primera persona. Pero en cuanto empezaron a aparecer los personajes femeninos, que hay muchos y bastante interesantes, se relajo esto y ya solo fue disfrute.
Aunque el libro est谩 narrado por una tercera persona que est谩 contando la historia, a veces, hab铆a trocitos narrados en primera persona por Esteban Trueba que, como ya he dicho, al principio me sacaban un poco de mis casillas. Pero finalmente me parecieron un recurso bastante interesante, ya que mientras que cuando el narraba justifica sus acciones, cuando volv铆amos a la tercera persona, eramos capaces de comprender la magnitud de su ego铆smo y maldad. Un detallito que tampoco me gust贸 es que hay demasiadas escenas de maltratao animal. Demasiadas.
Hay muchos personajes en esta obra pero los que destacan mucho son el mism铆simo trueba, Pedro Tercero, Miguel, y mis favoritas, el tr铆o que representan Clara, Blanca y Alba, abuela, madre e hija. Quiz谩s Clara ha sido mi favorita porque me ha parecido que dentro de su pac铆fica actitud, era la m谩s justa con los dem谩s y tanjante ante las acciones de Esteban, su marido. Alba tambi茅n me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo en los 煤ltimos cap铆tulos, que son una pasada. Un personaje maravilloso, que se ha quedado muy desaprovechado es Tr谩nsito Soto, necesitamos una novela sobre ella.
Una de las cosas m谩s disfrutables de la novela, es ese contexto hist贸rico, la transformaci贸n que sufre Chile a lo largo de todos estos a帽os. Esa derecha que cre铆a tener el poder para siempre, como un derecho divino, que finalmente va perdiendo poco a poco cuando las personas m谩s humildes empiezan a alzarse y reclamar sus derechos. Como la victoria de la izquierda, es ensombrecida por las estrategias de la derecha, con un golpe de estado como resultado. Flipante lo bien reflejado que est谩, como se va fraguando todo. De las cosas que m谩s me han gustado.
Me ha sorprendido ver que la parte m谩s m谩gica de este realismo m谩gico, llega un punto en la novela que pr谩cticamente desaparece y se vuelve solo realista. Los 煤ltimos cap铆tulos son dur铆simos, y rompen un poco con la t贸nica de la novela, y lo hacen en el buen sentido, porque son espectaculares. De hecho esta parte m谩gica es aportada, principalmente por Clara, mi personaje favorito de la historia. En difinitiva, me ha gustado mucho y aunque no ha sido todo lo que esperaba despu茅s de a帽os de expectaci贸n, s铆 que me ha parecido una obra muy buena.
May 26, 2019
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賳 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賴賵 丕賱兀丨亘 賱賯賱亘賰 賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿.
January 30, 2022
I CORRECTED WIKIPEDIA, AND I LIKED IT : A GEEKY MINOR ANECDOTE
Since The House of the Spirits is all about Chile I thought I鈥檇 check out some history on Wikipedia. I found a page called Timeline of Chilean History. So I was reading that and I came across this under the year 2006 鈥� it was a classic WTF moment :
Strange Missile Accident in Chile killing 50,000 citizens as investigators call it just an accident, some think is was planned to hit the oceans of California but went wrong. Sources say that nobody knew about the missile and thats what made it even more dangerous. Unsuspecting people dying at 12:00 P.M exactly.
Oho, I thought, a piece of vandalism if ever I saw one. This insane item was unsourced - because everyone knows there was no strange missile accident in Chile killing 50,000. I think we would all have been somewhat aware of it if there had been. (Vandalism as you probably know is when people with a sense of innocent fun insert wild and crazy untruths into the hallowed pages of the great Wiki. Editors should prowl all ten billion pages of Wikipedia 24/7 and prevent this happening but some things get missed. The more obscure page it is, the longer your ridiculous made up nonsense will stay there.)
I left the strange missile accident there for 24 hours then I came back and deleted it just like that, because anyone can edit Wikipedia.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
And now back to our scheduled programme. This is a very looooonnnnngggggg novel often described as magical realist. Well, there is a charming young proto-hippy called Clara who has telekinetic and clairvoyant powers, she can predict the future, but this happens only sporadically. There was not enough magic for me. If I had a kid like Clara she would have been bundled up and taken to the track every Saturday. 鈥淲hich horsey is gonna win this race, dear?鈥�
IF I MAY BE SO BOLD
As to complain just a leetle bit about a couple of leetle things, really nothing at all, but in this 500 page 20th century panorama, until the election of Allende, the author only mentions three historical events 鈥� world wars get a vague reference and the moon landing comes up briefly. So most of the time we are rafting lazily in timeless mode. Well, maybe that鈥檚 how it was in Chile mostly. But it was like being on holiday with no signal and no newspapers.
And I must say that this book is full of page long paragraphs of explication and descriptive listings of interior decoration, and for long stretches is wholly bereft of dialogue. I could have used a bit more lively dialogue. These are plenty lively characters so let's hear them talk to each other! C'mon!
Then also, I have a dislike of when authors call characters The Candidate or The President or The Poet and decline to give them names. I guess in this case Isabel Allende wanted to be clear that she was referring to Salvador Allende and Pablo Neruda but still, a fictitious name would look better I think.
WHIMSY REPLACED BY TORTURE
This is a book of two halves. Make that four quarters. Maths is not my strong subject. The last 150 pages are a whole other thing. Up to then we get a whimsical family saga about three generations of women coping with the usual crew of misshapen hideous men-beasts, mainly in the form of the nasty padrone of the hacienda Esteban Trueba, whose hobbies were raping peasant girls and screaming at people.
But when Salvador Allende wins the 1970 election everything changes. In the military coup that followed after three years of chaos torture replaces cuteness and we get a gruelling horror story full of despair. This was the great part of the book for me. I noticed that this appalling account of what fascists will do to anyone who looks at them in the wrong way was written only ten years after the actual events. It gave me a chill.
3.5 stars for me (a life-changing 5 stars for many other readers, of course)
Since The House of the Spirits is all about Chile I thought I鈥檇 check out some history on Wikipedia. I found a page called Timeline of Chilean History. So I was reading that and I came across this under the year 2006 鈥� it was a classic WTF moment :
Strange Missile Accident in Chile killing 50,000 citizens as investigators call it just an accident, some think is was planned to hit the oceans of California but went wrong. Sources say that nobody knew about the missile and thats what made it even more dangerous. Unsuspecting people dying at 12:00 P.M exactly.
Oho, I thought, a piece of vandalism if ever I saw one. This insane item was unsourced - because everyone knows there was no strange missile accident in Chile killing 50,000. I think we would all have been somewhat aware of it if there had been. (Vandalism as you probably know is when people with a sense of innocent fun insert wild and crazy untruths into the hallowed pages of the great Wiki. Editors should prowl all ten billion pages of Wikipedia 24/7 and prevent this happening but some things get missed. The more obscure page it is, the longer your ridiculous made up nonsense will stay there.)
I left the strange missile accident there for 24 hours then I came back and deleted it just like that, because anyone can edit Wikipedia.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
And now back to our scheduled programme. This is a very looooonnnnngggggg novel often described as magical realist. Well, there is a charming young proto-hippy called Clara who has telekinetic and clairvoyant powers, she can predict the future, but this happens only sporadically. There was not enough magic for me. If I had a kid like Clara she would have been bundled up and taken to the track every Saturday. 鈥淲hich horsey is gonna win this race, dear?鈥�
IF I MAY BE SO BOLD
As to complain just a leetle bit about a couple of leetle things, really nothing at all, but in this 500 page 20th century panorama, until the election of Allende, the author only mentions three historical events 鈥� world wars get a vague reference and the moon landing comes up briefly. So most of the time we are rafting lazily in timeless mode. Well, maybe that鈥檚 how it was in Chile mostly. But it was like being on holiday with no signal and no newspapers.
And I must say that this book is full of page long paragraphs of explication and descriptive listings of interior decoration, and for long stretches is wholly bereft of dialogue. I could have used a bit more lively dialogue. These are plenty lively characters so let's hear them talk to each other! C'mon!
Then also, I have a dislike of when authors call characters The Candidate or The President or The Poet and decline to give them names. I guess in this case Isabel Allende wanted to be clear that she was referring to Salvador Allende and Pablo Neruda but still, a fictitious name would look better I think.
WHIMSY REPLACED BY TORTURE
This is a book of two halves. Make that four quarters. Maths is not my strong subject. The last 150 pages are a whole other thing. Up to then we get a whimsical family saga about three generations of women coping with the usual crew of misshapen hideous men-beasts, mainly in the form of the nasty padrone of the hacienda Esteban Trueba, whose hobbies were raping peasant girls and screaming at people.
But when Salvador Allende wins the 1970 election everything changes. In the military coup that followed after three years of chaos torture replaces cuteness and we get a gruelling horror story full of despair. This was the great part of the book for me. I noticed that this appalling account of what fascists will do to anyone who looks at them in the wrong way was written only ten years after the actual events. It gave me a chill.
3.5 stars for me (a life-changing 5 stars for many other readers, of course)
September 30, 2022
5 stunning stars!
This book was originally published in 1982, in Buenos Aires.
It was the author鈥檚 debut.
This was my first time reading Isabel Allende, and I can鈥檛 express enough the joy I had while reading this book.
What an epic drama!
I was swept away.
The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, between 1910 and 1970s, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile
Although my edition was translated from the Spanish, the translator, Magda Bogin, did (in my opinion) an excellent job.
The writing is superb!
Enthralling is the perfect word to describe this book.
It has all the right ingredients for a formidable tale. One of those that satisfies and at the same time you want more.
I felt like I was back to my parent鈥檚 living room in Brazil, during my teens, watching a Brazilian telenovela (it鈥檚 an addiction in that country).
I loved the writing style. It was different for me.
It is a lot of telling, with little dialogues. It鈥檚 packed with words (144k).
She has this skill of telling you a story and then changing directions by adding a side story (or two) and then getting back to the main story. This happens through out the book. It may infuriate some readers, thinking that she can鈥檛 keep focused, but it did not bother me. It was refreshing.
There are two more follow ups, 鈥淧ortrait in Sepia鈥� and 鈥淒aughter of Fortune鈥�, continuing the family saga, forming the 鈥淚nvoluntary Trilogy鈥�, but they can be read out of order, as they are considered standalone. I鈥檓 planning on reading these books soon, perhaps next January, unless I feel that urge to read them sooner.
I鈥檓 really so booked until December.
I have to stop paying attention to new releases and read the books that I own.
I also want to re-read various classics that I loved in the past, but this time in English, not Portuguese.
So little time鈥�
I wonder if the 1993 movie adaptation is any good. The casting is top notch: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Vanessa Redgrave, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas鈥�
Paperback : 481 pages, 180k words
Average reading time: 14-16 hours
Audiobook narrated by Thom Rivera & Marisol Ramirez: 18 hours 51 seconds (normal speed).
I鈥檓 looking forward to reading the next two books, already separated.
This book was originally published in 1982, in Buenos Aires.
It was the author鈥檚 debut.
This was my first time reading Isabel Allende, and I can鈥檛 express enough the joy I had while reading this book.
What an epic drama!
I was swept away.
The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, between 1910 and 1970s, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile
Although my edition was translated from the Spanish, the translator, Magda Bogin, did (in my opinion) an excellent job.
The writing is superb!
Enthralling is the perfect word to describe this book.
It has all the right ingredients for a formidable tale. One of those that satisfies and at the same time you want more.
I felt like I was back to my parent鈥檚 living room in Brazil, during my teens, watching a Brazilian telenovela (it鈥檚 an addiction in that country).
I loved the writing style. It was different for me.
It is a lot of telling, with little dialogues. It鈥檚 packed with words (144k).
She has this skill of telling you a story and then changing directions by adding a side story (or two) and then getting back to the main story. This happens through out the book. It may infuriate some readers, thinking that she can鈥檛 keep focused, but it did not bother me. It was refreshing.
There are two more follow ups, 鈥淧ortrait in Sepia鈥� and 鈥淒aughter of Fortune鈥�, continuing the family saga, forming the 鈥淚nvoluntary Trilogy鈥�, but they can be read out of order, as they are considered standalone. I鈥檓 planning on reading these books soon, perhaps next January, unless I feel that urge to read them sooner.
I鈥檓 really so booked until December.
I have to stop paying attention to new releases and read the books that I own.
I also want to re-read various classics that I loved in the past, but this time in English, not Portuguese.
So little time鈥�
I wonder if the 1993 movie adaptation is any good. The casting is top notch: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Vanessa Redgrave, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas鈥�
Paperback : 481 pages, 180k words
Average reading time: 14-16 hours
Audiobook narrated by Thom Rivera & Marisol Ramirez: 18 hours 51 seconds (normal speed).
I鈥檓 looking forward to reading the next two books, already separated.
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