![]() Look elsewhere for failing relationships, uncommitted lovers, jaded sophisticates and adolescents in search of themselves. “The result is arresting and altogether distinctive, powerful and haunting a collection of stories to be read aloud memorized and repeated for generations.Īs in traditional legend, the characters are larger than life embodiments of passion, cruelty and virtue. “Full of grace and passion…love and revenge…enchanting…One could go on reading stories forever.” “Instantly seductive, richly sensual and unabashedly romantic.” Leigh Allison Wilson, The Washington Post In her stories there are palpable life and death risks, the risks of passionate love, the risks of passionate belief, of convictions and honor.” “Allende is a real talent, an amazingly prolific one. ![]() ![]() “Eva Luna’s stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry: the Pope in his glass-closed car, for example, is ‘a white porpoise in an aquarium’ Tierra del Fuego tapers off into ‘a rosary of islands.’ And, like poetry, this prose requires careful attention.” Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017. ![]()
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