'A story on the other hand is like shooting an arrow, there is only one shot, it Being that short stories in nature are much more challenging than a novel Allende expresses: 'Un cuento en cambio, es como disparar una flecha, hay una sola oportunidad, se requiere la mano de un buen arquero: dirección, fuerza, velocidad, buen ojo.'(10) Because she has an honest heart and is not afraid of her own sensuality.'(9)Īllende wrote The Stories of Eva Luna using a variety of themes from politics, poverty, gambling, sex, prostitution, perversity, adultery-nothing less than a scandal. 'Because she rebels against her own destiny using the gift that nature gave her 'the gift of telling stories'. In fact, states that Eva is her favorite character. The aim of Allende is to keep the reader addicted to the stories of Eva Luna which can be compared with the Persian tales of Scheherazade. The Stories of Eva Luna are an ensemble of interesting pieces of art where the unpredictable meets the magical. In general, while writing short stories, the author must be creative and inventive.įurthermore, he must show action, originality, scandals, sex and violence themes that the reader would find appealing. Later works are Of Love and Shadows (1984), the short-story collection The Stories of Eva Luna (1991), The Infinite Plan: A Novel (1993) Paula (1995), Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses(1998) and Hija de la fortuna (1999).Writing short stories is not an easy task for any author since he or she needs to accomplish the goal in few pages and keep the reader interested at the same time. About the Author Chilean writer Isabel Allende came to world attention with her first novel, The House of the Spirits (1982). The stories in this anthology are all highly readable and deal with a broad range of traditional Spanish-American literary themes: love, hate, vengeance, justice, oppression, solidarity.

Designed to be used at the intermediate or advanced level, Diez cuentos de Eva Luna also includes a concise review of key elements of grammar. Her unique style has now gained her a reader acceptance on a par with contemporary Latin-American male writers.

Best known for her novel, The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende is the first Latin-American woman writer to be widely published and translated. Product Description Diez cuentos de Eva Luna (Ten Stories of Eva Luna) is an anthology of 10 short stories by the renowned Chilean writer, Isabel Allende. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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