On These PagesĪ Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.Ī Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc. 2001Ĭhallenged, but retained, on the honor students’ summer reading list in Fairfield-Suisun (CA) school district despite those parents who felt the book was immoral and sexually depraved. The result was the worldwide bestseller The House of the Spirits, which was followed by the equally successful Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, The Stories of Eva Luna, and Daughter of Fortune. The seven member Modesto City School Board said administrators should instead give parents more information about the books their children read, including annotations of each text. 2004Ĭhallenged, but retained in the advanced English classes in Modesto (CA). After a five-month process, the book was fully retained at a third and final appeal hearing. Isabel Allende has described the genesis of her first novel: On January. Primarily a Latin American tradition, magical realism is characterized by the simple, straightforward presentation of strange, magical events. 2014Ĭhallenged in the Watauga County (NC) High School curriculum because of the book’s graphic nature. The House of the Spirits: A Twentieth-Century Family Chronicle. The House of the Spirits is a prime example of magical realism, along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
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