Eva Luna - Softcover

"An exotic dance that beguiles and entices."--"San Francisco Chronicle""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"" ""There is a richness of language, image, and adventure that flows effortlessly.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer" "Imaginative, original, convincing, pointed, and spiced with good humor and wit." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"."Remarkable... a cascade of stories tumbles out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human... Allende seems to draw characters and tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates the story of her life." -- "Washington Post Book World". "An epic tale... Eva matures and comes to love a Turkish merchant, a guerrilla fighter, and a German immigrant... [in] this romantic confection of a novel." -- "People""From the Paperback edition." & quot; Imaginative, original, convincing, pointed, and spiced with good humor and wit.& quot; -- San Francisco Chronicle . & quot; Remarkable... a cascade of stories tumbles out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human... Allende seems to draw characters and tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates the story of her life.& quot; -- Washington Post Book World . & quot; An epic tale... Eva matures and comes to love a Turkish merchant, a guerrilla fighter, and a German immigrant... [in] this romantic confection of a novel.& quot; -- People From the Paperback edition.

Allende is a wonderful teller of tales and through the story of Eva Luna we enter a sweet but sinister world where fact and fiction merge.