Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Allende has been called “the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author.” In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile’s National Literature Prize. Enchanting, comical, and sly, EVA LUNA follows the character’s journey from childhood to adulthood, and along the way allows us to meet an array of characters that will change the course of Eva’s life forever.īorn in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias). This play tells the coming-of-age story of EVA LUNA, a woman born into poverty who rises up through the world to find her voice as a storyteller and a reflector of history.
Isabel Allende’s novel is re-imagined for the stage by OBIE-winning playwright Caridad Svich. The reading will be performed in Spanish.
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