by Isabel Allende · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140123647
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«Eva Luna» is the novel by Isabel Allende, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Eva Luna, born in poverty and orphaned as a child, grows up in a South American country marked by political and social upheaval. Her imagination and gift for storytelling make her a narrator; amid adversity, she finds love. The novel addresses identity, power, and the transformative force of storytelling.
English edition published by Penguin in 1989; the work originally appeared in Spanish in 1987. Recognized with the American Book Award in 1989.
For readers of literary fiction and magical realism with an interest in contemporary Latin American narrative.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
