The title character of this novel was born when her mother assisted a snake-bit Indian man who impregnated her and ran away.
The title character of this novel was born when her mother assisted a snake-bit Indian man who impregnated her and ran away. This novel ends by noting that the reader gets to decide whether the title character's love wears out, or goes on forever. The protagonist befriends a cook named Elvira and a transsexual named Mimi. The protagonist dumps a bunch of shit from an ornate chamber pot over a cabinet minister's head, and finds love after becoming Comandante Rogelio's mistress. One section talks about a hare-lipped Turk named Riad Halabi, whose wife Zulema seduces his cousin Kamel, and then kills herself. The title character eventually finds love with an Austrian boy named Rolf Carlé after becoming a successful television scriptwriter. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel by Isabel Allende.
The title character of this novel was born when her mother assisted a snake-bit Indian man who impregnated her and ran away.
{Eva Luna}