- Hardcover: 280 pages
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd; 1st ed. edition (13 Mar 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0241126665
- ISBN-13: 978-0241126660
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,620,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An exotic dance that beguiles and entices."--"San Francisco Chronicle
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"Remarkable . . . [Isabel] Allende seems to draw characters and tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates the story of her life. . . . Vivid and passionate and human."--"The""Washington Post Book World"
"With vivid imagery, "Eva Luna" transports the reader to an almost mythic continent where magical happenings are everyday events."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Sumptuous . . . Allende's canvas is large, busy, full of feeling, incident and rich detail."--"Chicago Tribune"
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"There is a richness of language, image, and adventure that flows effortlessly.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer"
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This is another "magical realism" novel by the author, of "The House of the Spirits", Isabel Allende. Here she has invented a heroine and placed her against the background of a turbulent South American country where love, politics, tragedy and disaster all play their part in her life.
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My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly engaging tale. Eva means life, and Luna, meaning moon in spanish, establishes her strong feminine, even matriachal, identity early in the book. As she takes on the different roles of daughter, mother and sister through the span of the book, we see her strong will and ability to survive in a country that is dominantly male. Eva Luna's gift of narration is very similar to Allende's own, only the latter conveys her strong, memorable message of feminism through the power of words, translated for the rest of the world to read. An extraordinarily wonderful book, and a must for anyone who has read her other books before.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Isabel Allende's Eva Luna manages to be about many diverse things: a picaresque soap opera; the story of Latin America; the tale of a woman coming to self-determination; an autobiography; a description of the creation and nature of fiction: and yet never loses its narrative fascination. Allende uses very little dialog, and the characters, Eva herself included, are more 'imaginary' than most novelists attempt: but believable and in the end quite moving.
This was narrative at its most magical. It bore the signs of great art, at least for me: the resonance of other times and places, the sense of recognition...
Eva Luna at first reminded me strongly of Fina Estampa by Caetano Veloso, so much so that I went looking for a song called Eva Luna on the CD which wasn't there.
I read recently an exact parallel of the episode of the bald patrina in a story in Ihara Saikaku's Life of an Amorous Woman written in 17th century Japan (basis for Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu for those interested), which was odd.
This was narrative at its most magical. It bore the signs of great art, at least for me: the resonance of other times and places, the sense of recognition...
Eva Luna at first reminded me strongly of Fina Estampa by Caetano Veloso, so much so that I went looking for a song called Eva Luna on the CD which wasn't there.
I read recently an exact parallel of the episode of the bald patrina in a story in Ihara Saikaku's Life of an Amorous Woman written in 17th century Japan (basis for Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu for those interested), which was odd.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Behind a story that might seems like fantasy there is so much realism, it could have happened in the middle of the story of some latin american country... And the characters, those are so real, in their way of suffering, of living, of loving, they are so intense! I've read it the first time when I was 15 years old, and then I read it over and over again... It's one of those books that I can say that I'm glad it came into my life, because in somehow, I was not the same after reading it............
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beautiful
beautifully written and description and story is exquisite and carries you through the life of Eva Luna, South America and those she meets. a magical and comforting read.
Published 23 days ago by sreece
A Modern Sheherazade
Another of Allende's most magical novels, the tale of Eva Luna, the illegitimate child of a maid. Eva's mother dies when her daughter is six, and Eva is sent out into the world to... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kate Hopkins
Just may be my favourite book
I love this book, though I am not familiar with magical realism or sure what it is, so I wouldn't let that genre label put you off. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Lucetta
Magical!!!
Bought this book as it was next on the list for my book club. It really did not look like my cup of tea but a few pages in I was hooked! Read more
Published 22 months ago by LuLu
great book
Beautiful book. Well written - it has a wonderful flowing quality. Would gladly recommend it.
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by E. Murphy
Beautiful Magic
For many years I have been curious of the genre of magical realism. A lover, decades ago, gifted me 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', but I struggled to read this dense book at the... Read more
Published on 21 July 2008 by Ms. S. Brown
huge and mad
The only reason I read this book was because my wife bought it for Valentibes day for me. I really enjoyed reading it. Read more
Published on 6 April 2003 by Mr. Roderick W. White
An amazing insight into Venezeula in a wonderful novel
I read this book whilst travelling in Venezeula and it really enhanced my experience of the country. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2001
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