Ewa Luna
by:
Isabel Allende (author)
Ewa Zaleska (translator)
Historia dziewczynki poczętej na łożu śmierci, to opowieść współczesnej Szeherezady. Zanim Ewa znajdzie prawdziwą miłość, wprowadzi nas w swoją baśń tysiąca dni i nocy, w której rzeczywistość miesza się z cudownością, miłość odnosi triumf nad nienawiścią, radość życia zwycięża nędzę i upokorzenie.
show more
Historia dziewczynki poczętej na łożu śmierci, to opowieść współczesnej Szeherezady. Zanim Ewa znajdzie prawdziwą miłość, wprowadzi nas w swoją baśń tysiąca dni i nocy, w której rzeczywistość miesza się z cudownością, miłość odnosi triumf nad nienawiścią, radość życia zwycięża nędzę i upokorzenie.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788373191341 (8372006210)
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Muza
Pages no: 376
Edition language: Polski
Allende's Eva Luna is part look at South American history, in particular revolutionary history, and part Arabian Nights. It is all magic.Much is said about lyrical novels, and Allende's novel isn't so much lyrical as a rich tore with hidden passages and meanings.It's a pleasure to read if not engros...
It was OK. There was much that I liked, including the vividness of the writing. But while Allende’s style enhances the mystical quality of the story, it can also be fatiguing to work through and this was not a short novel.
It was OK. There was much that I liked, including the vividness of the writing. But while Allende’s style enhances the mystical quality of the story, it can also be fatiguing to work through and this was not a short novel.
The first half of the book is essentially plotless and meanders imaginatively into various bizarre corners. The second half does discover a sort of plot using some characters and events from the first half, but it never really coalesces into much of a story. I give the book bonus points for imagery...
It's hard for me to put into words what I enjoyed so much about this novel. It's another Allende that I've read and enjoyed more than once. It's so detailed and absorbing that it always feels like I'm reading it for the first time. Through a unique dual narrative Allende chronicles the lives of E...
Log in with Facebook 
