In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces listeners 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.Īs 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. Written by Isabel Allende, this is the fantastical story of Eva Luna, a poor child living in an unnamed South American country who is orphaned at a young age. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna, in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds friendship, love, and some measure of worldly success through her powers as a storyteller. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. Isabel Allende now ranks as one of the worlds most beloved authors. Taking her cue from the creator of the story-chain genre, Eva Luna, like. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. A collection of magical-realist short stories narrated by Allende's recent heroine, Eva Luna (Eva Luna, 1988 Of Love and Shadows, 1987 The House of Spirits, 1985), which are set in nameless Latin American countries, any time in the past, and peopled with characters who could be and probably are meant to be someone else. “A remarkable novel” ( The Washington Post) from New York Times best-selling author Isabel Allende introducing her most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all, a storyteller - available for the first time in audiobook.Įva Luna is the daughter of a professor’s assistant and a snakebitten gardener - born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant.

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