Author: Isabel Allende; Margaret Sayers Peden [translator]
Title: Eva Luna, the Stories of Eva Luna, & Daughter of Fortune
Description: London, Hamish Hamilton; Flamingo, 1989-1999. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first UK editions of novels from Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. Three volumes. First UK edition. Written by Isabel Angelica Allende Llona, a Chilean-American writer noted for her magical realism. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, an American translator. This set contains: Eva Luna, 1989. First impression. The life of the eponymous orphan who grows up in an unidentified country in South America. Exploring the country's political history, traced through several decades of the mid-twentieth century, interweaving Eva's personal story with the broader geopolitical turmoil of Latin America at the time. The Stories of Eva Luna, 1991. Second impression. A collection of short stories, consisting of those told by the title character of Allende's earlier novel Eva Luna. Daughter of Fortune, 1999. Second impression. In Chile during the 1840s, young Chilean Eliza Sommers is raised and educated by English Anglican siblings Rose, Jeremy, and John Sommers. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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