Giny Klatser Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Twintig kleurrijke verhalen van het Latijnsamerikaanse continent.

"Tell me a story no one has heard before", Eva Luna's lover asks her, and Eva Luna obliges with an enchanting medley that evokes all the pathos, love, joy, and misery of life in Latin America. Set from the humid Caribbean to the Antarctic tip of Argentina, Allende's stories capture the richness of the Latin American experience and range in theme from the extinction of Amazon tribes to the modern theory that love can conquer cancer. In The Stories of Eva Luna Allende employs magical realism to integrate dreamlike elements into the landscape of her Latin American characters. The result, a provocative collection showcasing her haunting mythic voice and fantastic imagery, prompted the San Francisco Chronicle to say, "Allende again shows her brilliance as a storyteller". Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Beautiful and headstrong, Irene Beltran works as a magazine journalist--a profession that belies her privileged upbringing and her engagement to an army captain. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist emigres. Together, they form an unlikely but inseparable team--and Francisco quickly falls in love with the fierce and loyal Irene. When an assignment leads them to a young girl whom locals believe to possess miraculous powers, they uncover an unspeakable crime perpetrated by an oppressive regime. Determined to reveal the truth in a nation overrun by terror and violence, each will risk everything to find justice--and, ultimately, to embrace the passion and fervor that binds them. Profoundly moving and ultimately uplifting, "Of Love and Shadows" is a tale of romance, bravery, and tragedy, set against the indelible backdrop of a country ruled with an iron fist--and peopled with those who dare to challenge it.

Román argentinského autora je postmoderním projevem jihoamerického intelektuála, který je fascinován moderní sexualitou a masově šířeným kýčem. Kniha vypráví o dvou vězních, homosexuálovi a revolucionářovi, kteří si v cele navzájem vyprávějí obsahy filmů 40. let. Sentimentálně spoluprožívají osudy zejména jejeich ženských hrdinek a tak se přes svoji odlišnost v dlouhodobém dialogu doberou nakonec vzájemného porozumění.