Eva Luna
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Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

Eva Luna is a novel about a poor storyteller who weaves lives with words, written by Isabel Allende, the founder of Latin American magical realism. Published after the success of The House of the Spirits, this whirlwind of adventure combines love, revolut

Eva Luna, the daughter of the maid Consuelo who was conceived by a gardener after a snake bite, was born into poverty. The mother dies quickly, leaving Eva to wealthy employers: a cook, the inventor of "Universal Substance" and street vagabonds. She meets Hubert Naranjo, a future guerrilla, and lives in a brothel with a trans woman, Mimí, while police raids destroy her world. She is rescued by the Turkish merchant Riad Halabí in the village of Agua Santa, where he reads Zulemi stories, witnesses incest and loses his virginity to Riad before the scandal.

In the city, in the midst of dictatorship and rebellions, Eva returns to Naranjo (now Commander Rogelio), starts a love affair with him and lives with Mimí, now an actress. He writes scripts for telenovelas, meets Rolf Carlé, an Austrian cameraman with the trauma of a Nazi father, who films the revolution. Together, they participate in the rescue of guerrillas from Santa María prison using fake weapons from "Universal Matter", turning it into a public scandal. Eva and Rolf get married, and she offers two endings to their love – happy and sad, leaving the reader to choose.

Translation
Mirjana Polić-Bobić
Editor
Zlatko Crnković
Graphics design
Alfred Pal
Dimensions
20 x 13 cm
Pages
298
Publisher
Znanje, Zagreb, 1990.
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

One copy is available

Condition:Used, excellent condition
 

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