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.

& 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.
"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."

"An exotic dance that beguiles and entices."--"San Francisco Chronicle
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"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"
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"There is a richness of language, image, and adventure that flows effortlessly.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is the author of the worldwide bestseller The House of Spirits, as well as the equally successful novels Of Love and Shadows and The Stories of Eva Luna. Initially a journalist, Allende began writing fiction in 1981. She now lives in California.