ecuathai 's review for:

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

5.0

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This book has left me speechless. What a superb work of Latin literature! For those with an understanding of Latin American culture realize that magical realism is a part of culture. To watch the evolution of the book through each generation---political climate changes, cultural changes, world influences, and world leadership---lends the reader the ability to empathize both with each generation; hoping for a cross-generational reconciliation. Superb, well-written, enrapturing, Ms. Allende, weaves bright colors of common threads across the changing face of her literary tapestry. A masterpiece.