In this little compact version of a world, the novel discusses politics, economics, social classes, education, feminism, illness, getting old, death, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. Allende painted a dark, dense and twisted vision of 20th-century Chili and of the struggles of the country to get free from the hands of the Past.
Find my full review here: https://auxmotsinsatiables.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/book-review-the-house-of-the-spirits-by-isabel-allende/