Eva Luna

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**The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**
Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.

Eva Lunais 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 walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. As she shares her stories, she introduces an eccentric cast of characters: the Lebanesemigr who takes her in, her Catholic godmother who believes in saints, a street urchin who grows up to be the leader of the guerrilla struggle, a celebrated trans cabaret star and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will change Eva's life forever.

As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende brings to life a complex South American country the rich, the poor, the sophisticated in a novel that celebrates the power of imagination and storytelling.

Praise for Isabel AllendesEva Luna:

Vibrant, colourful characters; the ordinary fused with the grotesque; a Latin American setting, tropical this time; vivid, elegant narrative. The narrator, Eva Luna, is herself a story-teller in the Allende tradition Guardian
An evident affection for words, compassion for the oppressed and the inarticulate, the daring ambition to draw cross-sections of whole societies . . . Allende's work glows New York Times
Sumptuous . . . a tale that spans forty years and moves from a surreal jungle to a modern-day urban capital where even the most apolitical are driven to risky anti-government activities Chicago Tribune
Allende rearranges reality with a blend of memories, mysticism and imagination The Philadelphia Inquirer
A remarkable novel, one in which a cascade of stories tumbled out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human Washington Post
Magnificent . . . Allende is a prodigious fabulist, weaving extraordinary tales Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Born in Peru and raised in Chile,Isabel Allendeis the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, includingThe House of the Spirits,Of Love and Shadows,Eva Luna,The Stories of Eva Luna,Paula, andThe Japanese Lover. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold more than77 million copies worldwide. She is the receipient of the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and she divides her time between California and Chile.