The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Allende manages to draw parallels between the lives of the two fated lovers, such as their mutual acquaintance with Naranjo. Amid her various unhappy affairs, Eva doubts she will find happiness and tenderness, but the readers know otherwise. Rolf is introduced as the man whom Eva will grow up to love and marry. While the majority of the text remains devoted to Eva, her story is told in relation to his. This narrative is noteworthy because of the author's interweaving of Eva and Rolf's stories. Together they rescue nine imprisoned guerrillas and form an enduring bond through the adventure. After she meets a European journalist named Rolf Carle, she decides to leave Naranjo for him. Eventually she enjoys more frequent liaisons with Naranjo but becomes disillusioned with his occupation as a guerrilla fighter. Some years later the brothel is shut down, but Eva continues to earn provision from men in exchange for her beauty and youth, living with a man and his wife for sometime until the wife commits suicide and Eva is blamed.

Her first and enduring benefactor is Huberto Naranjo who sets her up in La Señora, a brothel. After both parents die from tragic accidents - her mother chokes on a chicken bone, - Eva learns to align herself with powerful men in order to survive. Her dying father manages to conceive Eva with her mother on his sickbed, while fighting off the poison from a venomous snake bite. Eva is a young woman born in the midst of an importunate circumstance. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĮva Lunaby Isabel Allende is a romance enwrapped in the intricacies of South American culture. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende