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2,745 voters
The Stories of Eva Luna
by
Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
Isabel Allende is one of the world's most beloved authors. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Retruning to this tale, Allende presents The Stories of Eva Luna, a treasure trove of brilliantly crafted stories...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
November 20th 2001
by Scribner
(first published 1989)
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أنت في محراب إيزابيل الليندي
إخلع نعليك
واصمت
وستبدأ في سماع موسيقاك الداخلية
إيزابيل تعجن الكلمات بمزيجها الخاص جداً من المشاعر والأساطير والحقيقة
فأنت ترى ما حولك مُشكّلاً بأناملها ، في قوالبٍ لا يجروء غيرها على صبّها
عدا باولا ، لم أقرأ لإيزابيل إلا هذه المجموعة
وأعلم جيداً أنها ليست أفضل ما كتبت
وإنما أنا سعيدة للغاية بهذا الترتيب الذي أصل به قليلاً قليلاً إلى أعماقها
وأتمرّغ في عالمها السحري
هناك عاملان أساسيان شكّلا هذه الروائية المتميزة
أولهما نشأتها الغير عادية في أسرة ثرية بالعواطف والحكايات الم...more
Started last night... I rescued this book from the local transfer station(dump) used goods trailer. Never read any of this author's work but I've heard of her of course. Niece(once removed) of Salvador, socialist President of Chile. It didn't end well, of course. Chile, the craziest country in the world geography-wise. A thousand miles long and a hundred wide(more or less). Inside the front cover is a sticker that say's "Ex libris" above the nib of a fountain pen and in small print below the sig...more
Nov 18, 2010
Isairon
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
letteratura-straniera
23 racconti con continui richiami a persone, luoghi e leggende narrate nel precedente libro dell’Allende “Eva Luna”.
Questa raccolta inizia con la richiesta di Rolf Carlé, compagno di Eva, “Raccontami una storia che tu non abbia mai raccontato a nessuno”. Si chiude con il racconto “Di polvere siamo fatti” dove Rolf cerca di salvare una bambina dalla morte.
Nel centro una serie di racconti, un misto tra realtà e finzione. Storie inventate ma con qualche riferimento ad eventi storici. Che crea una c...more
Questa raccolta inizia con la richiesta di Rolf Carlé, compagno di Eva, “Raccontami una storia che tu non abbia mai raccontato a nessuno”. Si chiude con il racconto “Di polvere siamo fatti” dove Rolf cerca di salvare una bambina dalla morte.
Nel centro una serie di racconti, un misto tra realtà e finzione. Storie inventate ma con qualche riferimento ad eventi storici. Che crea una c...more
I would like to give this book a 3 1/2 star rating feeling that most of the stories stood out but not all. It was a good introduction to Isabel Allende as this is the first time I have read any of her many works (and this is an older work - 1989).
Based around the 1001 Arabian Nights tale told by Scheherazade, our story-teller Eva Luna recounts 24 Latin American tales about women who face challenges ("Una venganza") and wonders ("Clarisa" and "Maria la boba"), humour ("El pequeno Heidelberg") an...more
Based around the 1001 Arabian Nights tale told by Scheherazade, our story-teller Eva Luna recounts 24 Latin American tales about women who face challenges ("Una venganza") and wonders ("Clarisa" and "Maria la boba"), humour ("El pequeno Heidelberg") an...more
I would actually have given this a 3 1/2 star rating, were it possible.
Background: this book is a follow-up book to Isabel's "Eva Luna" and it contains a series of short stories that Eva is telling her lover, supposedly. All right so far.
Isabel is a good writer, no doubt about it. Surprisingly, though, her stories here are often re-hashes of stories she just got done telling in "Eva Luna". (with minor alterations.)
Not all of them, though. A few veered off and broke new ground, and they were quit...more
Background: this book is a follow-up book to Isabel's "Eva Luna" and it contains a series of short stories that Eva is telling her lover, supposedly. All right so far.
Isabel is a good writer, no doubt about it. Surprisingly, though, her stories here are often re-hashes of stories she just got done telling in "Eva Luna". (with minor alterations.)
Not all of them, though. A few veered off and broke new ground, and they were quit...more
Luscious...if I only had one word to describe this novel it would be luscious. The life, fragrance, colours, excitement, love and pain dripped off the page when I first read this book as a fifteen year old kid living in suburban Melbourne. I’d never encountered anything as beautiful as the completely fascinating and magical world of Eva Luna. I was scared that no experience I had would ever compare with the fantastic portal that I passed through via Allende’s poetic imagery of life and love. The...more
Years ago I read a book of poetry by Edgar Lee Masters entitled Spoon River Anthology. In it, the deceased residents of Spoon River speak from their graves. As the reader progresses through the anthology, certain relationships and incidents become clearer as shared by multiple perspectives. I thought it was an ingenious idea for a book of poetry! For some reason while reading Ms. Allende's book, I kept thinking of Spoon River.
Isabelle Allende's Stories of Eva Luna is a prose version of stories a...more
Isabelle Allende's Stories of Eva Luna is a prose version of stories a...more
The book "The Stories of Eva Luna" by, Isabel Allende was amazing. I loved how the author divided many short stories and put it all in one book. These stories gave me various and mixed emotions. However my favorite story "Wicked Girl" was in the beginning of the book. This story shocked me because I never thought of any conflict in a relationship the way the author described it. The conflict in this story was that a man stayed over a hotel and was sensuous with the owner. The daughter of the ow...more
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabelle Allande was a massive collection of short stories brought together about many different women. Latin American stories really bring out details and paint imagery in ones’ head. If one takes notice you can see the amounts of “local color” this book provided. In other words, phrases that were said in Spanish which not many of us knew the definition of. For me this book was quit the easy one because I’m Hispanic and I didn’t really need to look up any words. I lov...more
I like Isabel Allende a lot, and it had been a good while since I had read a book of hers, so I requested this one for my birthday, nearly two months ago. I only just began to read it.
I must say that she really has her ups and downs, like how Sum of Our Days is simply perfect and then Maya's Notebook is a big soap opera. This one was good. They were short stories, you can't go wrong with short stories, short stories are gooooooooood.
The main theme in pretty much all of the stories is love, of on...more
I must say that she really has her ups and downs, like how Sum of Our Days is simply perfect and then Maya's Notebook is a big soap opera. This one was good. They were short stories, you can't go wrong with short stories, short stories are gooooooooood.
The main theme in pretty much all of the stories is love, of on...more
This collection of short fiction, set in South America, (probably Chile) focuses primarily on family and/or relationships between men and women. Given the political turmoil Chile endured while author Isabel Allende worked as a journalist there, most of the stories are surprisingly nonpolitical. Corruption and the military often serve as backdrops to the characters’ lives, albeit characters forced to live with the aftermath of turmoil. Many of the stories boil down to a battle of the sexes. With...more
In the Prologue to this wonderful collection, Eva Luna's lover urges her to "...tell me a story. Tell me a story you have never told anyone before. Make it up for me." And Eva, Scheherezade-like, complies with twenty-three short, vivid tales that are each more exquisite than the last. The stories are sensual and richly descriptive, and they deal with eternal themes: greed, revenge, the memories of first love suppressed, aging, death. They're written in the "magic realism" style of Gabriel Garcia...more
Mar 12, 2009
Chandra
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
short-stories,
isabel-allende
It is not necessary to read Eva Luna prior to reading this collection, but I highly recommend it. You will have a better grasp of the characters and locations and the stories will be more meaningful. I love this short story collection and much like Allende's other works I return to this every so often and am always delighted.
Jun 12, 2009
Eliza Brittni
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone
Recommended to Eliza Brittni by:
Mr. Carson
Dear Isabel Allende
I loved this book. It ended up being a very quick read. The descriptions were amazing as well as the stories themselves. They each had their own theme and pulled the reader in. I never wanted to put the book down and when I did the stories stayed in my mind. I was very surprised on how much “local color” was in each of the stories. Local color means creative details. For example in the book there were words or phrases in Spanish. This is local color, as well as food descriptio...more
I loved this book. It ended up being a very quick read. The descriptions were amazing as well as the stories themselves. They each had their own theme and pulled the reader in. I never wanted to put the book down and when I did the stories stayed in my mind. I was very surprised on how much “local color” was in each of the stories. Local color means creative details. For example in the book there were words or phrases in Spanish. This is local color, as well as food descriptio...more
didapat secara tidak ketika sedang menemani Aldo hunting buku di Cikapundung hari sabtu kemarin.
ketika lagi asik ngalor ngidul sama Ari, sementara Aldo sibuk nongkrongin lapak laen. Ari sempet megang2 buku ini trus disimpern lagi ditumpukan buku. penasaran, trus diambil bukuna. asalna saya mengira ini buku Eva Luna nya Allende, ternyata setelah diperhatikan judulna The Stories of Eva Luna yang ternyata beda dengan Eva Luna
Ternyata buku ini berisi 23 kumpulan cerita pendek. kondisi na masih bagu...more
ketika lagi asik ngalor ngidul sama Ari, sementara Aldo sibuk nongkrongin lapak laen. Ari sempet megang2 buku ini trus disimpern lagi ditumpukan buku. penasaran, trus diambil bukuna. asalna saya mengira ini buku Eva Luna nya Allende, ternyata setelah diperhatikan judulna The Stories of Eva Luna yang ternyata beda dengan Eva Luna
Ternyata buku ini berisi 23 kumpulan cerita pendek. kondisi na masih bagu...more
I started reluctantly and was completely won over by these stories.
From "Interminable Life"
From "Interminable Life"
There are all kinds of stories. Some are born with the telling; their substance is language, and before someone puts them into words they are but a hint of an emotion, a caprice of the mind, an image, or an intangible recollection. Others are manifest whole, like an apple and can be repeated infinitely without risk of altering their meaning. Some are taken from reality and processed through inspiration, w...more
I had some difficulty reading this book due to some advanced vocabularies that were used. Eva's gift in the story is to tell stories in a Latin American background, women surviving the harsh treatments they encountered. The story is very surprising because you can't guess what's about to happen next. For example, Eva's mother Consuelo choking on a chicken bone and then dying. The story is told from Eva's point of view and while you read it you start feeling bad for her. She's all alone in the wo...more
Me encanta la manera de escribir de esta mujer. El libro es una antología de historias cortas, todas meomrables, con un lenguaje sumamente poetíco sin llegar a ser cargado, que incita a la imaginación a querer saber más de esta persona que nos narra en la historia o de los desenlaces que nos esperan a la vuelta de la página.
Tiene una mezcla perfecta entre una época no tan remota y una pizca de fantasía entre los vuelos de las faldas de las mujeres que sobreviven para amar al verdugo de su padre...more
Tiene una mezcla perfecta entre una época no tan remota y una pizca de fantasía entre los vuelos de las faldas de las mujeres que sobreviven para amar al verdugo de su padre...more
تجربتي الأولى من إيزابيل ، والأكيد أنها ليست الأخيرة ..
كنت اتسائل كيف أستطاعت أن تجعلني قريبة من الأحداث ، أكاد أرى كل شيء أمامي ،
أو انها كنت -أعني الأحداث أو القصص - مخبأه في ذاكرتي ..
شخصياتها واضحة ، ومتنوعة ، القصص بعضها ممل ، وبعضها شيّق ..
اعجبتني " الطفلة الخبيثة " كنت أفكرّ كيف أستطاعت أن تطرق أبواب بعض
المشاعر و الأسرار البعيدة أو الغائرة في العمق ..
والتي لا يفصح عنها اصحابها إلا إذا ما حامت حولهم ، ولكن أحدًا
لن يستطيع تأكيدها .. !
اعجبتني ( استير لوثيرو / نزيل المعلمة / رسائل حب مغدور...more
كنت اتسائل كيف أستطاعت أن تجعلني قريبة من الأحداث ، أكاد أرى كل شيء أمامي ،
أو انها كنت -أعني الأحداث أو القصص - مخبأه في ذاكرتي ..
شخصياتها واضحة ، ومتنوعة ، القصص بعضها ممل ، وبعضها شيّق ..
اعجبتني " الطفلة الخبيثة " كنت أفكرّ كيف أستطاعت أن تطرق أبواب بعض
المشاعر و الأسرار البعيدة أو الغائرة في العمق ..
والتي لا يفصح عنها اصحابها إلا إذا ما حامت حولهم ، ولكن أحدًا
لن يستطيع تأكيدها .. !
اعجبتني ( استير لوثيرو / نزيل المعلمة / رسائل حب مغدور...more
Isabel Allende’s “The stories of Eva Luna” collection of short stories filled with men and women on the quest for love while learning life’s values along the way. This was an entertaining book set in the developing Latin American times while the women in each short story would be the protagonist trying to find the right man for them. In some of the stories, it may take a few days, but others may take a lifetime. The short stories were very detailed with the character’s being possessed with their...more
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Beautiful from start to finish. Not a single dud in the collection.
One thing I have noticed with many Spanish writers and their work (One Hundred Years of Solitude Eva Luna The House of the Spirits and others) is how closely they resemble "voice of the South" writers. Flannery O'Connor comes immediately to mind with her semi-mystical themes and eccentric characters.
One thing I have noticed with many Spanish writers and their work (One Hundred Years of Solitude Eva Luna The House of the Spirits and others) is how closely they resemble "voice of the South" writers. Flannery O'Connor comes immediately to mind with her semi-mystical themes and eccentric characters.
Cuentos de Eva Luna
ISABEL ALLENDE
278 páginas
Editorial de Bolsillo
Argentina, 2012
ISBN 10:987-1138-84-9
ISBN 13: 978-987-1138-84-5
Cuentos de Eva Luna reune entre sus páginas cuentos cortos de diversas índole. 23 historias son las que le cuenta su amante a Eva Luna mientras descansa en su cama. Le pide que la sorprenda, que le cuente un cuento que "jamás a contado antes". Y así lo hace.
Similar a Las Mil y Un Noches, cada pequeña historia representa diferentes contextos y períodos históricos. La dive...more
ISABEL ALLENDE
278 páginas
Editorial de Bolsillo
Argentina, 2012
ISBN 10:987-1138-84-9
ISBN 13: 978-987-1138-84-5
Cuentos de Eva Luna reune entre sus páginas cuentos cortos de diversas índole. 23 historias son las que le cuenta su amante a Eva Luna mientras descansa en su cama. Le pide que la sorprenda, que le cuente un cuento que "jamás a contado antes". Y así lo hace.
Similar a Las Mil y Un Noches, cada pequeña historia representa diferentes contextos y períodos históricos. La dive...more
I'd read a few of these stories in Spanish ("Dos Palabras" and a couple others), and was pleasantly surprised to find that the translations preserved the beauty of the originals. I found myself skimming occasionally, and wishing I had the Eva Luna context that would make for an ability to fully appreciate the stories.
When I read "Letters of Betrayed Love" in Spanish, I don't think I'd read/heard of Cyrano de Bergerac. Having read the English translation of Allende's story with Cyrano de Bergerac...more
When I read "Letters of Betrayed Love" in Spanish, I don't think I'd read/heard of Cyrano de Bergerac. Having read the English translation of Allende's story with Cyrano de Bergerac...more
Within the book "The stories of Eva Luna" by, Isabel Allende there are many stories and critical reviews that explain different stories that reflects on one theme. Reading books with many stories told by a/or narrator(s) can teach many literary techniques and the literary aspects that are in the world of literature. However, this book can be compared to another book that is set with a mixture of stories, called" Miguel Street" by Naipaul. It is logical that these two stories are based on the soc...more
Some of my favourite tales from Allende reside in this collection. There are delights of imagination and invention to be treasured here.
Jun 06, 2009
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This book is full with books that are sometimes so boring that you would go right to sleep while reading it like I did, but sometimes, even when you are so sleepy, you still can read because it is so interesting. I don't know about other people, but I think that the first few pages of every story I've read in this book is boring, but when I continued to read to the conflict, and the rising point, I starts to be interested in it.
But I suggest someone should get all different author to write a sho...more
But I suggest someone should get all different author to write a sho...more
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This book is one of my top 20 novels. I loved it so much that after borrowing it from the library and reading it, I sought and purchased a hard copy for my own library. I read this novel before I read Eva Luna, and the reverse order did not detract from my enjoyment. Sensual and mesmerizing, the narrative surrounding the story reminded me of another favorite, Tales of the 1001 Nights. The stories are self contained, but like chocolate (or cheese for me), you will want another and another until t...more
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Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at s...more
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