Huberto is leader of a guerrilla unit fighting a revolution. Eva then reunites with Huberto Naranjo for infrequent sexual encounters, which Eva treasures as the only time she can see her loved one. When Eva returns to the city, she reunites with the beautiful and engaging trans woman Melecio, now known as Mimí. Eva and Riad realize that she must leave to escape the rumors, but before she leaves they share one night of passion. After Eva is detained on suspicion of murdering Zulema, Riad bribes the police to release Eva. Eventually Zulema loses interest in life and commits suicide by shooting herself in the mouth. Zulema is instantly infatuated with Kamal and when Riad goes on a trip, she seduces him, after which Kamal immediately leaves.

After a few years, Riad's cousin Kamal moves in to live with them. Eva moves to Agua Santa with Halabí and settles into her new life, living with Riad and his wife, Zulema.

Eva is forced to flee and is eventually found by Riad Halabí, a man with a cleft palate. After the Professor dies, Eva moves on and eventually stumbles upon Huberto Naranjo, who places her in the care of La Señora, the owner of a brothel.Īfter living in harmony for a few years, a new police chief moves in and immediately storms the brothel. Eva's mother then dies after choking on a chicken bone and leaves Eva to fend for herself. One day, the professor’s Indian gardener is bitten by a snake and whilst on his deathbed, Consuelo makes love to him, thus conceiving Eva. The story opens as Eva describes her mother's life, and how her mother (Consuelo) ended up working for a Professor. In some sections Eva narrates Rolf Carlé's life. The story is told from Eva's first-person point of view. The novel takes us through Eva Luna's journey through life so far and her ability to tell stories, interweaving Eva's personal story with the broader geopolitical turmoil of Latin America during the 1950s – 1980s. While the country's political history, traced through several decades of the mid-20th century, bears many similarities to Chile (the author's original nationality), the geography and social context of the story depict a society more similar to Venezuela (where she was exiled for over a decade). Įva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified country in South America. Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden.

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