Isabel Allende . Allende , whose works sometimes contain aspects of the `` magic realist '' tradition , is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits ( La casa de los espíritus , 1982 ) and City of the Beasts ( La ciudad de las bestias , 2002 ) , which have been commercially successful . The House of the Spirits ( La casa de los espíritus , 1982 ) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende . The House of the Spirits (film) . Based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende , the film is about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile , and her recollection of her family history , mainly the rise of her husband , Esteban Trueba .
The House of the Spirits is based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende.