This was made into a 1990s movie with Meryl Streep. I have no desire to see the movie as its not the way I imagined the Latin American novel to be. It's over 400 pages. I read it in a short time. It's about the Trueba family. You meet the clairoyvant Clara and her husband Esteban. He's an aggressive man and she doesn't return his love. There's their daughter Bianca who has a forbidden romance with a musician. There's Bianca's daughter Alba who falls for a revolutionary named Miguel. Esteban's bastard son is the one who almost brings about the destruction of the family. It's a pretty impressive debut and remains Allende's most famous book. This isn't light reading as it contains a few taboo topics. The magical realism of the book is pretty cool as it makes the book almost otherworldly. I am interested in reading Isabel Allende's other books.
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