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| Original Title: | Eva Luna |
| ISBN: | 0553280589 (ISBN13: 9780553280586) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Eva Luna, Huberto Naranjo, Consuelo, Riad Hilabi, El Negro, La Señora, Melesio/Mimi, Zulema, Rolf Carlé |
| Setting: | Chile |
| Literary Awards: | American Book Award (1989) |
Isabel Allende
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 3.97 | 37766 Users | 1306 Reviews
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| Title | : | Eva Luna |
| Author | : | Isabel Allende |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1989 by Bantam (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende’s most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller—available for the first time in ebook.Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor’s assistant and a snake-bitten gardener—born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse and eccentric cast of characters including the Lebanese émigré who befriends her and takes her in; her unfortunate godmother, whose brain is addled by rum and who believes in all the Catholic saints and a few of her own invention; a street urchin who grows into a petty criminal and, later, a leader in the guerrilla struggle; a celebrated transsexual entertainer who instructs her in the ways of the adult world; and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will prove crucial to Eva's fate.
As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjures up a whole complex South American nation—the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated—in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history, with battles and passions, rebellions and reunions, a novel that celebrates the power of imagination to create a better world.
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This is the first of Isabel Allende that I've read, and I'm more than willing to give her a second chance, but I was very unmoved by this novel. Characters made choices without any real explanation or lead up; events happened just because they happened. Although the writing was lush and the events themselves often interesting, the fact that the book was so expository was irritating, and I didn't wind up caring much for any of the characters as a result. Additionally, the whole book is about thisShe managed with difficulty to overthrow the barrier of prejudice and Melecio convinced the benefits of the proposal. He felt first shocked by the atmosphere of the place, but, during his first night, he discovered that not only housed a woman in itself, but rather an artist.Undoubtedly a novel worthy of 4 stars.
"Eva Luna", by Isabel Allende was first written in 1987 --translated from Spanish to English. I've read most books of her books - but never read this one.....which is now available as a Kindle download-- for $2.99Eva, ( a storyteller much like Isabel Allende, and revolutionary), begins this story -- narrating in first person. She describes her mother, Consuelo's, life. Her mother worked for a professor-- and usually did everything he asked her to do. One day an Indian Gardner was bitten by a
Eva Luna is a storyteller. These are her stories about her mother, her childhood as an orphan, her growing up and becoming a writer, various loves, and the many interesting characters that come and go from her life. While this book is mainly about Eva, we also get the story of Rolf Carle. His story runs parallel to Eva's, and they eventually meet as adults, but we learn about both of them through the stories of their youth. This book was well-written, though slow-paced. The characters were
If I could I would give this book a 3.5, but I don't think it was good enough to get 4 stars. I did enjoy Eva Luna, once again we see how Allende manages to weave her words together to create a tale of mystical characters, exotic locations and voluptuous sex scenes. She seems to paint everything with the hazy brush of memory, thus giving everything in her book an ethereal quality. The plot of this book is fairly standard (guerilla army fighting for freedom) but it's quite enjoyable. One of the
Eva Luna has a gift. The child growing up in an unnamed South American country is blessed with the ability to weave compelling tales which enchant her audience - children and adults alike. It provides her with a way to survive in an extremely tough world. She is born into the underclass and jobs are brutish, insecure and poorly paid. People close to her die or get sick on a regular basis.Cue a fascinating journey involving amongst other things mummies, a stuffed puma, corrupt politicians and
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