INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFTHE JAPANESE LOVER A captivating collection of short fiction by one of the most beloved writers of our timeEva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her lover, European refugee and journalist Rolf Carle, Eva answers his request for a story you have never told anyone before with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion and female power, depicting worlds that are at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new. Rendered in her sumptuously imagined, uniquely lyrical style, The Stories of Eva Luna is a cornerstone of Isabel Allende's work, and in her character Eva Luna she creates a modern-day Scheherazade. Eva Lunas stories are delicate, their imagesakin to poetry . . . Perfectly craftedand thematically rich Barbara Kingsolver Vital and compellingThe Times Arresting and altogether distinctive, powerful and haunting; a collection to be read aloud and repeated for generationsLos Angeles Times Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level Cosmopolitan