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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares Isabelle Allende's book to the 1993 film adaptation. The House of Spirits was the first novel written by the renowned author Isabel Allende. It became a bestseller, winning Allende international attention and numerous awards. The book is, in a word, exemplary. Critical consensus on the film version (1993, directed by Billy August and released by Miramax) is much more mixed. Comparisons between the book and movie suggest that this is largely due to the enormous breadth and complexity of Allende's novel, which is difficult to successfully dramatize within the limited scope of two hour film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The book is, in a word, exemplary. Critical consensus on the film version (1993, directed by Billy August and released by Miramax) is much more mixed. Comparisons between the book
and movie suggest that this is largely due to the enormous breadth and complexity of Allendes novel, which is difficult to successfully dramatize within the limited scope of two hour
film. The film version of House of Spirits is rather like a precis for the novel. It has the same bare bones story, but it lacks the depth
and complex characterization that that readers found in Allendes epic story of three generations of an aristocratic South American family. Because the film endeavors to tell the entire novel-- a
better film might have concentrated on only a portion of the narrative--it also spans the course of three generations of the family of patriarch Esteban Trueba (Jeremy Irons). The early
part of the film concentrates on Estebans effort to rebuild his estate and on the macho brutality of his management methods (Williams and Garrett). Early scenes focus on his "heavy-handed
treatment of women," which includes his casual rape of a peasant girl, as well as his rather dispassionate decision to marry Clara (Meryl Streep), the psychic sister of his deceased
fiance Rosa (Williams and Garrett). Clara, in both the book and movie, is truly psychic and her powers are a intriguing feature in both mediums, However, in the film,
as is often the case, this feature is only lightly touched upon when compared with the book. In both, Esteban and Clara have a daughter, Blanca. In both, Clara and
Estebans sister, Ferula, form a bond and develop a close friendship, which causes Esteban to become intensely jealous, ultimately throwing his sister out of his home. As this suggests, the
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