Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carle, Eva answers his request for a story “you have never told anyone before” with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion, and the strengths of women, creating a world that is at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new.

Rendered in the sumptuously imagined, uniquely magical style of one of the world’s most stunning writers, The Stories of Eva Luna is the cornerstone of Allende’s work. It is not to be missed by anyone — whether a devotee of Ms. Allende’s oeuvre or a new acquaintance to her work.

by Isabel Allende