Clarisa

by Isabel Allende

Clarisa


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The Story

Eva Luna tells the life story of her old friend Clarisa, who died of amazement when the pope arrived for a visit and was met in the street by homosexuals dressed as nuns. (The reference is likely to one of John Paul II’s visits to South America in the early 1980’s.) The bizarre old woman, who is well into her eighties, is widely considered to be a saint but from performing humble and improbable miracles such as curing hangovers and minor illnesses.

Eva traces the story of Clarisa’s life from her unhappy marriage to a greedy and vulgar provincial judge who...

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