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The Stories of Eva Luna

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'Fantastic, sexy and sometimes macabre. A latter-day Scheherazade, a true descendant of the skalds, a Teller of Tales. Extraordinary' Guardian Eva Luna, entwined with her lover in bed, is asked to tell him a story 'you have never told anyone before'. As she relates a tale of twenty-three interwoven parts, she knits a kaleidoscopic portrait of the people and landscape of South America. Here are guerillas and fortune-tellers, tyrants and great beauties, whores and peasants. These are stories of poverty and politics, passion and pain, tragedy and comedy, all gloriously imagined by one of the world's most captivating storytellers. 'Like a plate of hors-d'oeuvres, each one tempting, some as exquisite as caviare. Stunning' New York Times Book Review'Vital and compelling' The Times'Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level' Cosmopolitan

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The Stories of Eva Luna, Isabel Allende

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2011
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Libro di racconti di Isabel Allende. Lettura piacevole come tutti i libri dell'autrice dire.

Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Viking
Pubblicato
2011
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
227
ISBN10
0241952883
ISBN13
9780241952887
Serie
Prima pubblicazione
1987
Titolo originale
Cuentos de Eva Luna
Valutazione
4 su 5
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'Fantastic, sexy and sometimes macabre. A latter-day Scheherazade, a true descendant of the skalds, a Teller of Tales. Extraordinary' Guardian Eva Luna, entwined with her lover in bed, is asked to tell him a story 'you have never told anyone before'. As she relates a tale of twenty-three interwoven parts, she knits a kaleidoscopic portrait of the people and landscape of South America. Here are guerillas and fortune-tellers, tyrants and great beauties, whores and peasants. These are stories of poverty and politics, passion and pain, tragedy and comedy, all gloriously imagined by one of the world's most captivating storytellers. 'Like a plate of hors-d'oeuvres, each one tempting, some as exquisite as caviare. Stunning' New York Times Book Review'Vital and compelling' The Times'Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level' Cosmopolitan