Eva Luna
(Book (Paperback), Book)
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Contributors
Peden, Margaret Sayers, translator.
Published
New York : Bantam, [1987].
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 24 cm.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction | Book | FICTION ALLEND 1987 | On Shelf | |
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction | Book (Paperback) | FICTION ALLEND 1987 | Checked Out | May 15, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Bantam, [1987].
Format
Book (Paperback), Book
Language
English
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Description
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 stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. Inthis novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse and eccentric cast of characters including the Lebanese emigre; who befriends her and takes her in; her unfortunate godmother, whose brain is addled by rum and who believes in all the Catholic saints and a few of her own invention; a street urchin who grows into a petty criminal and, later, a leader in the guerrilla struggle; a celebrated transsexual entertainer who instructs her in the ways of the adult world; and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will prove crucial to Eva's fate. As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjures up a whole complex South American nation--the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated--in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history, with battles and passions, rebellions and reunions, a novel that celebrates the power of imagination to create a better world"--
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Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling. Rolf Carle flees Germany for South America, and ultimately works as a documentary film maker, to escape childhood memories of burying the concentration camp dead.
Awards
American Book Award, 1989
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Allende, I., & Peden, M. S. (1987). Eva Luna . Bantam .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel and Margaret Sayers, Peden. 1987. Eva Luna. Bantam.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel and Margaret Sayers, Peden. Eva Luna Bantam, 1987.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel., and Margaret Sayers Peden. Eva Luna Bantam , 1987.
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