The Stories of Eva Luna - Softcover

Allende, Isabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501117130 ISBN 13: 9781501117138

Publisher: Atria Books, 2016

Synopsis

An intoxicating 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 European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carlé, 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 the strengths of women, creating a world that is at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new.

Rendered in her sumptuously imagined, uniquely magical style, The Stories of Eva Luna is the cornerstone of Allende's work. This treasure trove of brilliantly crafted stories is a superb example of a writer working at the height of her powers.

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Review:

"Isabel Allende at her best. The twenty-three tales that compose the collection present a plethora of fascinating, robust characters."--Barbara Mujica "Americas "

"Eva Luna's stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry."--Barbara Kingsolver "New York Times "

"Allende is a real talent, an amazingly prolific one. In her stories there are palpable life and death risks, the risks of passionate love, the risks of passionate belief, of convictions and honor."--Leigh Allison Wilson "The Washington Post "

"Arresting and altogether distinctive, powerful and haunting; a collection to be read aloud and repeated for

generations."--Elaine Kendall "The Los Angeles Times "

"Instantly seductive, richly sensual and unabashedly romantic."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Isabel Allende always revives one's faith in the intoxicating power of sheer old-fashioned storytelling."--The San Diego Union

"A fiercely erotic tour of the magical."--Harper's Bazaar

"Allende is a skilled storyteller.... She captures whole lives with the briefest of lines. In her world, the scales of destiny achieve a rough balance. Despite the brevity of these encounters, Allende makes each one matter."--Detroit Free Press

"Allende can spin a funny, sensual yarn, but she can also use her narrative skills to remind us that parallel to our placid and comfortable existence is another, invisible universe, one where poverty, misery and torture are all too real."--The Nation

"Allende's latest work gives us a full flavored taste of life in Latin America, but her themes touch on the universal human experience. It's a treat not to be missed."--Southern Oregon Currents

About the Author:

Isabel Allende is the author of "The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, The Infinite Plan, Aphrodite, Daughter of Fortune, " and the memoir "Paula." Her latest novel is "Portrait in Sepia." She lives in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1501117130
• ISBN 13: 9781501117138
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288