Magic realism and reality

My favourite book is “La casa de los espíritus” this is the first novel of Isabel Allende which had a great success worldwide. This novel narrates the life of the family “Los Trueba” where the principal personage is Clara. The history impressed and captivated very much my attention because It tries to count the history or events of our country of a very particular form to invite to learn and discover our own history.

The history develops counting the life of the diverse prominent figures of the book, which are crossing and creating an interesting novel that keeps the reader always attentive to the development of the history.

But a very strong critique exists to this one book because is compared with the book “Cien años de Soledad” of the writer Gabriel García Mrquez, some readers say that the histories are almost equal, but in my opinion I liked the two histories.

I recommend this book to the persons that likes the combination between magic realism and reality and maybe to persons that are interested in the politics of our country or want to know a bit more of his history.

So, if you like to read a long but interesting book to fill of interesting and fantastic histories I recommend “La casa de los espíritus”.

Summary of Study Links Bedtime Rules to Better Skills in Preschool Children

The Study Links Bedtime Rules to Better Skills in Preschool Children for VOA Special English Health Report, say today the parents should enforce the bedtime of their son and daughter. They should know that the researchers say bedtime rules improve the development of boys and girls.

A new study foun that less sleep will affect to childrens and will lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.

SRI policy researcher Erika Gaylor says doctors can easily try to get parents to set regular bedtimes. She help to the parents at follow bedtime routines for example reading books or telling stories to their children.

A study in the journal Sleep Medicine say the children who go to bed after nine o'clock and the childrens did not have bedtime routines sleep little and not help their development.

A separate study found that more sleep may even make a person run faster. A researcher Cheri Mah says sleep should be part of an athlete's training program because the good sleep help for a healthing life’s.

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver. You can read and listen to our stories at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also join us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning English. I’m Doug Johnson.