le from the 1920s to the 1970s. The country in the novel is not named, but the work is thought to be autobiographical in some measure and to reflect the social, cultural, and political realities of Chilean life during the period covered. The story concerned one powerful family, the Trueba family, and details their history from the relative peace of the 1920s to the politically volatile 1970s. There is no doubt that this is a male-dominated family, with the patriarch, Esteban, being the force around which the women arrange themselves in a more or less accepting manner, depending on their person
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