The stories are like opulent parables that tell us about the marvels of life. “This is a book of stories that some how turns the ordinary into magic and the magical into everyday life. Superbly translated from the Spanish, the language creates an aura of mystery and wonder even in the tales clearly based on actual events and firmly rooted in the present.” There is violence in these stories-revenge, madness, death, lust and greed-but also compassion, vitality, humor, tenderness and generosity, and all in exquisite balance and proportion. Allende’s people know exactly who they are and what they must do to survive.

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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