The House of the Spirits (Everyman's Library)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781857152814 (1857152816)
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf / Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 488
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Magical Realism,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Fiction
Series: Tripartite (#3)
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