Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden.Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified country in South America. While the country's political history, traced through several decades of the mid-20th century, bears many similarities to Chile (the author's original nationality), the geography and social context of the story depict a society more similar to Venezuela (where she was exiled for over a decade). The novel takes us through Eva Luna's journey through life so far and her ability to tell stories, interweaving Eva's personal story with the broader geopolitical turmoil of Latin America during the 1950s – 1980s.
Leer este libro ha sido como escuchar un cuento pero a la vez de forma muy real, como cuando a las abuelas les da por contar historias de su juventud. Cuenta una historia increíble, truculenta, real y maravillosa. Todo mezclado. Sin duda leeré más novelas de Isabel Allende.
