Isabel Allende

Interview: Author Isabel Allende and The House of the Spirits; how her landmark debut has been reinterpreted for a new generation

Few novels arrive with the sense of destiny that surrounds The House of the Spirits. For Isabel Allende, it began not as a grand literary ambition, but as something far more intimate: a letter written on January 8th to her dying grandfather. More than four decades later, that deeply personal act of remembrance has evolved…

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Interview: Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace on inhabiting the pain and pleasure of The House of the Spirits

Spanning generations, heartbreak, and political upheaval, The House of the Spirits has long stood as one of the great literary portraits of love and legacy under pressure. Now, in its latest screen adaptation, that sweeping saga is reimagined with an intimate focus – anchoring its revolution not just in history, but within the fragile, shifting…

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