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Summary: enchanting...if you stick with it until the end!
Review: isabel allende's "eva luna" bears an annoyingly striking resemblance to garcia marquez's literary style at first...however, by the end of eva luna's journey through life, i was involved with the incredible meta-fiction of the piece, the complexity allende gives to the power and art of storytelling. it was worth it, give it a chance!
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Summary: Allende's "Eva Luna" is full of Latin American fire!
Review: Isabel Allende's "The Stories of Eva Luna" captivated my senses as no other novel has done. Another world is waiting inside the cover. Allende holds the power to make her readers cry, laugh and scream with delight, only to wish they could experience her stories for the first time all over again! She was my first love of Latin American litereature and has turned me into a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez as well. Other short fiction novels are not even comparable! Do yourself a favor & enjoy this one!
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Summary: La famosa Eva Luna
Review: Isabel Allende, desde su primera novela que leí "La Casa de Espiritus" hasta la más útlima, por tanto que me fascinaba su escritura, siempre voy a ser su fiel lector. Ella es una verdadera cuentista y en "Eva Luna" conlleva a lo máximo su creatividad en "crear cuentos" espontaneamente para una noche solitaria. Buen libro que recomiendo a todos los que a Uds. les gusta tema de amor que se termina feliz.
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Summary: Um...it's okay...
Review: It's pretty good. I actually picked this up from my sister's bookshelf and it's the first Allende novel that I've read. Honestly, I'm a little disappointed. I've heard she was really, really good and I was expecting something phenomenal. Maybe that spoiled my appreciation for it...or I just picked up the wrong Allende book. Next time, I'll go for "House of Spirits."
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Summary: A novel of magic and beauty
Review: One feels like a heel for even writing a review of Allende books. While there are a couple of duds, most of her books are so infused with magic that there's nothing a reviewer can say to improve upon or invoke the sense of wonder that he takes away from such a text. In Paula, Allende said that this book was the most difficult to write as she was trying to write a novel from the outset and she got stuck halfway through as Eva Luna ran into her revolutionary boyfriend only to realize that he was a clod. Intended ending had to be changed but what resulted was one of the most brilliant texts ever. Eva Luna is a strange girl of the streets learning to tell stories in order to transform reality into something wondrous. Her soulmate is the abused son of a Nazi captain whose childhood leaves indelible scars. Throughout the course of the novel these two go through various adventures, accidents and side tracks on the inevitable road to each other. A road which neither can recognize until they are staring each other in the face. Of all of Allende's books this is the one where Magical Realism is most pervasive as two headed children are born and bodies refuse to decompose. Besides House of the Spirits and Paula this is her best book. It's on a smaller scale than House of the Spirits but the life of Eva Luna is just as compelling as the history of Chile.
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Summary: A good one by Allende
Review: Sometimes, actually pretty often, Isabel Allende's writing overflows with her own love of language, and you kinds want her to dial it down a little. Not so much, however, in Eva Luna. The writing is more controlled; the book reads as tho an editor actually paid some attention to it before sending it to press.
Child of a servant, the beautiful and enchanting Eva Luna escapes into lyrical storytelling when life gets too tough to bear. She and Rolf, a film maker, are brought together through Eva's guerrilla lover. The result is a lovely piece of literature that works as a metaphor for salvation through creativity.
It's a good one.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: The story of Eva and Rolf is spellbinding. Isabel Allende proves to be a wonderful writer with this book. The only problem is that the book turns boring at some point, some parts drag on for too long and she seems to get lost in tangents. Otherwise it's an excellent book.
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING
Review: This amazing story of an orphan whose life seemed to have finished an expedition through the most enigmatic and most pleasurable world, is the novel that is to be never forgotten because of its amazing magic. Magic that will serve as your carpet ride through the most amazing story of a woman's life: Eva Luna's. Eva Luna, the sexy, naughty, adorable, beautiful woman is a shining proof of the existence of literature's wonders. Isabel Allende created a literary jewel.
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Summary: Very imaginitive!!
Review: This book is a very different approach to writing...
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Summary: Charming and sexy
Review: This is one of my favorite books, and I recommend it to everyone. I love the main character, Eva Luna, a strong young woman with a no-nonsense approach to life and love. The stories are enticing and complex, so well written you'll feel you're actually living the scene. Read it and then buy the sequel, Tales of Eva Luna, which is also excellent.
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