Zustand: New. The border between fact and fiction has always been a porous one for Isabel Allende. Her acclaimed first novel, The House of the Spirits, began as a letter to her dying grandfather yet is filled with ghosts and green-haired and clairvoyant women; her memo Editor(s): Rodden, Jogn. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 778. . 2010. Reprint. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.