Eva Luna
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0394572734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An exotic dance that beguiles and entices The enchanted and enchanting account of a contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality through the creative power of her own imaginationFrom the Paperback edition.
From Publishers Weekly A woman makes love to an Indian dying of snakebite, miraculously restoring him to life and engendering a daughter named Eva"so she will love life." Thus begins Allende's latest novel, a magnificent successor to The House of the Spirits and Of Love & Shadows. Brought up in the house of an eccentric doctor devoted to mummifying corpses, where her mother is a servant, Eva is left an orphan at six. Set in a Latin American country, it relates Eva's picaresque adventures. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Interleaved with Eva's story is her account of a certain Rolf Carle, with whom her life will become linkedshe tel
She is an excellent writer. Her descriptions make it easy to put Eva Luna is the first book I've read by Isabel Allende. She is an excellent writer. Her descriptions make it easy to put oneself in the settings. I had the feeling that Eva and Rolf would end up together because their family lines were followed in the beginning of the bookbut it took a lot of situations and adventures to get them together.I was most impressed with her descriptions of living conditions of the different locations and the different people in the story. Very well written. I would recommend it for anyone who likes a good story with quality writing.. "They don't write them like this any more" according to Amazon Queen. This is one of the most unusual books I've ever read. Excellent prose. Crazy life situations for the protagonist, but she always survived by championing the circumstances handed her. The cast of characters in this novel was bizarre but in a way likeable and definitely interesting. Spellbinding story. Once you start the book, it's hard to put it down.. Brittany M. Holt said Isabel Allende is such a literary gem. Writes with. Isabel Allende is such a literary gem. Writes with a passion and honesty that isn't typical and can be jarring for an unfamiliar reader, but if you let yourself embrace the fantasy of the content and the dramatic movement of the words, you'll be swept away.