Eva Luna (1988) (edit title/settings)

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• Eva Luna: Protagonist.
• Consuelo: Eva's mother.
• Professor Jones: Consuelo was taken from the convent to serve him
• Madrina: Professor Jones' cook and Eva's godmother
• Rolf Carlé: Lukas Carlé's youngest son
• La Señora: The women friend of Huberto Naranjo where he left Eva Luna to be cared for to prevent her from living on the street.
• Mimi/Melesio: Eva's best friend and room mate
• Elvira: the cook at the house where Eva serves at the age of 7
• Huberto Naranjo: Little Eva's friend
• Rupert: Rolf's uncle, established in South America
• Burgel: Rolf's aunt
• Riad Halabí: Like a father to Eva
• Zulema: Riad's wife.
• Colonel Rodriguez: He is a man feared by many because of his achievements as a military man yet stumbled in the presence of Eva Luna for wanting to go to bed with her.
• Jochen Carlé: Lukas Carlé's eldest son
• Katharina Carlé: Lukas Carlé's daughter
• Lukas Carlé: Rolf's father.
• Kamal: Cousin of Riad's.

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• “Reality is a jumble we can’t always measure or decipher, because everything is happening at the same time. While you and I are speaking here, behind your back Christopher Columbus is inventing America, and the same Indians that welcome him in the stained-glass window are still naked in a jungle a few hours from this office, and will be there a hundred years from now. I try to open a path through that maze, to put a little order in that chaos, to make life more bearable. When I write, I describe life as I would like it to be”

  Eva Luna

• “Hay que dar bastante guerra. Con los perros rabiosos nadie se atreve, en cambio a los mansos los patean. Hay que pelear siempre.”

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• “Elvira se portó conmigo como una verdadera abuela. Con ella aprendí a canjear palabras por otros bienes y he tenido mucha suerte, porque siempre encontré alguien dispuesto a esa transacción.”

  Eva Luna

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• Agua Santa
• South America
• Austria: Rolf hails from Austria

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1. Isabel Allende (Author)

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• American Book Award (1989)

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• Dewey: 868'.44

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( A ) › Allende, Isabel
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Latin American
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Romance

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• Isabel Allende: Author's website

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