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Crucially, was also Allende’s response to trauma. She was the cousin of Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile who was overthrown in a violent military coup on September 11, 1973. Forced into exile in Venezuela, Allende used the novel to process the political horror she had witnessed. The "house" in the title becomes a metaphorical shelter for the collective spirit of a nation torn apart by dictatorship.
Have you read La Casa De Los Espiritus? Share your favorite ghostly moment in the comments below. La Casa De Los Espiritus
The novel follows the lives of three generations of the Trueba family: Crucially, was also Allende’s response to trauma