Isabel Allende

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.“One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, …

Romanen Åndenes hus fra 1982 er den chilenske forfatteren Isabel Allendes gjennombruddsroman. Boken startet som et brev Isabel Allende skrev til sin dødssyke bestefar, men som videre utviklet seg, og som til slutt endte opp som bok. Bestefaren døde før boken ble gitt ut. Romanens handling veksler mellom …

In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment but is tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize …