'My name is Eva,which means "life",according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house,and grew up amidst ancient furniture,books in Latin,and human mummies,but none of those things made me melancholy,because I came into the world with a breath of the jungle in my memory.'Isabel Allende tells the sweet and sinister story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions,triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241951651Number of pages: 304Weight: 167 gDimensions: 181 x 111 x 18 mm
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A heartfelt novel,powerful enough to make a dictator cryShe can spin a tale out of a pebble and a piece of string...the atmosphere of encroaching doom,buried treasure and broken hearts is never tragic because there is a continual sense of life's endless opulencePacked with action,prodigal in invention,vivid in description and metaphor,this cleverly plotted novel is enhanced by its flowing prose and absolute assuranceAllende's world is both sweet and sinister,and the flamboyance and power of her vision can seduce the sourest and most literal-minded reader
Isabel Allende
The doyenne of Latin American fiction,Isabelle Allende is a Chilean author whose evocative novels defy easy categorisation. Spellbinding magic realism intertwines with compelling social comment throughout her award winning canon,from her enchanting debut,The House of the Spirits,to the personal,reflective In the Midst of Winter.
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