The titular character, Eva Luna, is born to a poor, indigenous mother who dies when Eva is young. Orphaned and impoverished, Eva navigates a harsh world using her most potent weapon: her imagination. Eva is a consummate "raconteur"—a storyteller who invents tales to comfort, persuade, seduce, and survive.
The story is set in an unnamed South American country (heavily implied to be Venezuela, where Allende lived for many years) and spans decades of political upheaval, wealth, poverty, and revolution. eva luna isabel allende pdf