They were a rebel group who fought wars and induced terror wherever they went. One day she was approached by El Mulato a feared rebel and the right-hand man of their leader, he and his men forcefully carried her away to their leader. She lived a nomad life, moving around with her tent and her words. The person who got these words kept them secret, and in times of difficulty, they helped the person cope with problems. She would give secret words to end their sufferings. She not only entertained but also helped people. She would also give people advice and recite stories without missing a word.

She moved from place to place and wherever she went she brought along the news from other parts of the country. She submerged herself in her new profession and people lined up to listen to her speech. With her last dime, she brought a dictionary and asked a priest to teach her how to read and write. She knew there were not a lot of honorable positions for her to work, to escape prostitution and other humiliation she thus chose to sell words. When she finally reached a place with water, thereby some twist of fate she first encountered words and their magical abilities. She left her barren homeland and traveled towards the sea hoping it’ll provide salvation. She feared that her death was near as well and thus she embarked on a journey to save her life. When she was twelve, there was a drought where she lived and as a consequence, her family died and she had to bury them by herself. Tormented with hunger and pathetic conditions, all she ever knew was suffering. (Jan.Since childhood, Belisa had to endure a lot of hardships. Allende's inventiveness justifies her own comparisons of her literary creation to Scheherazade, and throughout all these short works whispers the mysticism of Eva Luna herself-her well-placed faith in a world of spirits and in the immortality of human love.

Many of the stories build on the intricate attachments of unlikely lovers, such as a dictator and the foreign woman he abducts or a criminal and a judge's wife. A simple lyricism evokes European emigres to South America social climbers outlaws schoolteachers Indians a nearly indefatigable imagination explores the critical moments in these figures' lives. Allende's people are warm-blooded, original, memorable. Although other figures from that novel also reappear (for example, Eva Luna spins her stories at the request of her lover Rolf Carle), this collection is in no sense a sequel: indeed, each piece here can stand alone. The eponymous heroine of Eva Luna returns as the narrator of 23 tales, sumptuous marriages of Chilean writer Allende's earthy characters and her celestial version of magical realism.

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