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Eva Luna

by Isabel Allende

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

An exotic dance that beguiles and entices... The enchanted and enchanting account of a& #160; & #160; contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American& #160; & #160; teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality& #160; & #160; through the creative power of her own imagination...

Review:

"Imaginative, original, convincing, pointed, and  spiced with good humor and wit." --  San Francisco  Chronicle.

"Remarkable... a cascade of stories tumbles out  before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and  human... Allende seems to draw characters and  tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates  the story of her life." --  Washington Post Book World.

"An  epic tale... Eva matures and comes to love a  Turkish merchant, a guerrilla fighter, and a German  immigrant... [in] this romantic confection of a  novel." — People

Synopsis:

An exotic dance that beguiles and entices... The enchanted and enchanting account of a  contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American  teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality  through the creative power of her own imagination...

About the Author

Born in Peru, Isabel Allende is Chilean. She was a journalist for many years and began to write fiction in 1981. The result was the worldwide bestseller The House of the Spirits, which was followed by the equally successful Of Love and Shadows. Her other books are Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna Long a resident of Caracas, she now makes her home in San Rafael, California, where she is completing a new book.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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CorreLola, September 25, 2007 (view all comments by CorreLola)
Allende may not be considered to be on a par with Latin American writers like Garcia Marquez, Amado or Vargas Llosa, but her books are nonetheless entertaining and moving. Born a “mestiza” (of mixed racial ancestry ancestry), Eva Luna goes from one surrogate family to the next, encountering and befriending everyone from drag queens to inventors. More than any other Allende heroine, Eva Luna stands out as strong, compassionate and independent. Her adventures take her from city to province and her lovers include a deformed but tender Arab and a childhood friend turned revolutionary guerrilla. Allende acknowledges that she created Eva Luna without a clear physical description, as she is meant to represent every Latin American woman who dares to live uncompromisingly.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553280586
Translator:
Peden, Margaret Sayers
Author:
Peden, Margaret Sayers
Author:
Allende, Isabel
Author:
Allende, Isabelle
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Latin america
Subject:
Romance
Subject:
Romance - General
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Women revolutionaries
Subject:
Women revolutionaries - Latin America
Copyright:
Edition Number:
Bantam ed.
Series Volume:
v. 365
Publication Date:
August 1989
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
685x420x87 37

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