Catalog / The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
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Original title: La casa de los espíritus
Isabel Allende
Across generations of the Trueba family, the novel braids intimate history, magical realism, and political upheaval in Latin America.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Plaza & Janés
- Original language
- Spanish
- ISBN-10
- 1501117017
- ISBN-13
- 9781501117015
- ASIN
- 1501117017
Why was The House of the Spirits challenged?
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States. The novel appears on ALA lists of titles frequently challenged in American schools and libraries.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was The House of the Spirits banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk United States At risk · School
The novel appears on ALA lists of titles frequently challenged in American schools and libraries.
Local challenges documented by the ALA.
- Source → Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2010-2019 American Library Association
Other questions
- Is The House of the Spirits banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was The House of the Spirits challenged?
- The novel appears on ALA lists of titles frequently challenged in American schools and libraries.
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