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Eva Luna
**The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**
Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.
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**The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**
Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.
Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener - born poor, orphaned at an early age and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. As she shares her stories, she introduces an eccentric cast of characters: the Lebanese emigre who takes her in, her Catholic godmother who believes in saints, a street urchin who grows up to be the leader of the guerrilla struggle, a celebrated trans cabaret star and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will change Eva's life forever.
As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende brings to life a complex South American country - the rich, the poor, the sophisticated - in a novel that celebrates the power of imagination and storytelling.
Praise for Isabel Allende's Eva Luna:
'Vibrant, colourful characters; the ordinary fused with the grotesque; a Latin American setting, tropical this time; vivid, elegant narrative. The narrator, Eva Luna, is herself a story-teller in the Allende tradition' Guardian
'An evident affection for words, compassion for the oppressed and the inarticulate, the daring ambition to draw cross-sections of whole societies . . . Allende's work glows' New York Times
'Sumptuous . . . a tale that spans forty years and moves from a surreal jungle to a modern-day urban capital where even the most apolitical are driven to risky anti-government activities' Chicago Tribune
'Allende rearranges reality with a blend of memories, mysticism and imagination' The Philadelphia Inquirer
'A remarkable novel, one in which a cascade of stories tumbled out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human' Washington Post
'Magnificent . . . Allende is a prodigious fabulist, weaving extraordinary tales' Publishers Weekly
Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.
Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener - born poor, orphaned at an early age and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. As she shares her stories, she introduces an eccentric cast of characters: the Lebanese emigre who takes her in, her Catholic godmother who believes in saints, a street urchin who grows up to be the leader of the guerrilla struggle, a celebrated trans cabaret star and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will change Eva's life forever.
As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende brings to life a complex South American country - the rich, the poor, the sophisticated - in a novel that celebrates the power of imagination and storytelling.
Praise for Isabel Allende's Eva Luna:
'Vibrant, colourful characters; the ordinary fused with the grotesque; a Latin American setting, tropical this time; vivid, elegant narrative. The narrator, Eva Luna, is herself a story-teller in the Allende tradition' Guardian
'An evident affection for words, compassion for the oppressed and the inarticulate, the daring ambition to draw cross-sections of whole societies . . . Allende's work glows' New York Times
'Sumptuous . . . a tale that spans forty years and moves from a surreal jungle to a modern-day urban capital where even the most apolitical are driven to risky anti-government activities' Chicago Tribune
'Allende rearranges reality with a blend of memories, mysticism and imagination' The Philadelphia Inquirer
'A remarkable novel, one in which a cascade of stories tumbled out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human' Washington Post
'Magnificent . . . Allende is a prodigious fabulist, weaving extraordinary tales' Publishers Weekly
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Scribner UK
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9781471173431
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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– I romanen "Eva Luna" følger vi Eva Lunas forunderlige og omtumlende liv i et Latin-Amerika preget av motsetninger. Hennes unnfangelse skjer under underlige omstendigheter, da hennes hvite mor forbarmer seg over en dødssyk indianer og oppfyller hans siste ønske. Mirakuløst nok friskner han til, for så å forsvinne ut av morens liv. Denne bakgrunnen setter sitt preg på Eva Lunas videre livsutfoldelse, som skal vise seg å bli både dramatisk og begivenhetsrik. "Eva Luna" er en fengslende og fargerik bok som det er lett å leve seg inn i. Den er utrolig godt skrevet, og skildrer levende og troverdig den latin-amerikanske hverdagen. Dette er en roman jeg likte svært godt, og som jeg virkelig kan anbefale.
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– "Eva Luna" er kanskje ikke Isabel Allendes mest kjente eller mest leste bok, men like fullt er den på høyde med andre perler som Åndenes hus og En lykkens datter. Boken handler om Eva Luna, som gjennom hele sitt liv dyrker sitt talent for historieberetning. Vi følger henne som liten jente og tjenestepike, hennes liv blant transvestitter og prostituerte, hennes omgang med geriljasoldater og generaler, til hennes voksne liv der hun endelig finner sin etterlengtede kjærlighet. Eva lever et liv fullt av spenning, opplevelser og omveltninger, og får på den måten ideer til fortellingene sine. Boken er veldig lettlest og varm, og er en flott beretning med historiske og skjønnlitterære høydepunkt. Den vil neppe gå inn i historiebøkene som en av tidenes beste bøker, men er absolutt vel verdt å lese, særlig for fans av Allendes andre bøker.