Reviews
"Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "Mesmerizing... A novel of force and charm." -- The Washington Post "That rarest of successes -- a book about one family and one country that is a book about the world and becomes the world in a book." -- Cosmopolitan "Nothing short of astonishing... In The House Of The Spirits Isabelle Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion." -- Jane Futcher, San Francisco Chronicle, "Extraordinary... Powerful... Sharply observant, witty and eloquent." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,The New York Times "Mesmerizing... A novel of force and charm." --The Washington Post "That rarest of successes -- a book about one family and one country that is a book about the world and becomes the world in a book." --Cosmopolitan "Nothing short of astonishing... InThe House Of The SpiritsIsabelle Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion." -- Jane Futcher,San Francisco Chronicle, "Spectacular."-- The New York Times Book Review "Nothing short of astonishing . . . In The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion."-- San Francisco Chronicle "A vivid, absorbing work of art . . . [Allende's] characters are fascinatingly detailed and human." --People "Extraordinary . . . powerful . . . sharply observant, witty and eloquent."-- The New York Times "Mesmerizing . . . a novel of force and charm." --The Washington Post, "Spectacular."- The New York Times Book Review "Nothing short of astonishing . . . In The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende has indeed shown us the relationships between past and present, family and nation, city and country, spiritual and political values. She has done so with enormous imagination, sensitivity, and compassion."- San Francisco Chronicle "A vivid, absorbing work of art . . . [Allende's] characters are fascinatingly detailed and human." -People "Extraordinary . . . powerful . . . sharply observant, witty and eloquent."- The New York Times "Mesmerizing . . . a novel of force and charm." -The Washington Post
