The Stories of Eva Luna

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INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFTHE JAPANESE LOVER
A captivating collection of short fiction by one of the most beloved writers of our time

Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her lover, European refugee and journalist Rolf Carl, Eva answers his request for a story 'you have never told anyone before' with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion and female power, depicting worlds that are at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new.

Rendered in her sumptuously imagined, uniquely lyrical style, The Stories of Eva Luna is a cornerstone of Isabel Allendes work, and in her character Eva Luna she creates a modern-day Scheherazade.

'Eva Luna's stories are delicate, their imagesakin to poetry . . . Perfectly craftedand thematically rich' Barbara Kingsolver

'Vital and compelling'The Times

'Arresting and altogether distinctive, powerful and haunting; a collection to be read aloud and repeated for generations'Los Angeles Times

'Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level' Cosmopolitan

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'Eva Lunas stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry ... And, like poetry, this prose requires careful attention' -- Barbara Kingsolver
'Vital and compelling' * The Times *
'Arresting and altogether distinctive, powerful and haunting; a collection to be read aloud and repeated for generations' * Los Angeles Times *
'Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level' * Cosmopolitan *

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.