Eva Luna (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Isabel Allende
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Magical realism
- Time of Work: The middle and late twentieth century
- Setting: An unnamed South American country
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Television or television broadcasting, Guerrillas or guerrilla warfare, Latinos, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: South America
Characters Discussed
Eva Luna (EH-vah LEW-nah), the narrator. The child of a servant, after her mother’s death she is put out to work. Exploited and abused by her various employers and by the godmother who appropriates her earnings, Eva finds her refuge among the lowly and the outcasts. From her mother, Eva Luna learned to invent stories. These not only enable her to escape from the harshness of real life but also eventually to make her way in the world. At first, she simply tells stories to entertain people, but after learning to read and write, Eva becomes a scriptwriter...
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