The Big House on the Corner
Esteban builds a big house on the corner that on the surface
is straightforward, if somewhat ostentatious. Similarly, The
House of the Spirits can be read as a traditional romance
novel, following a single family over several generations. However,
Esteban’s house ends up full of complicated and impractical additions.
Despite its apparently traditional structure, The House
of the Spirits contains an enormous number of complicated
twists of plot. The title of the novel underlines the association: The
House of the Spirits refers both to the book as a whole,
and also to the big house on the corner, which, thanks to Clara,
is always full of ghosts and spirits.
