Synopsis
"Novela. Con una pertinacia casi obsesiva la voz narrativa persigue la trayectoria del cuerpo de Eva Duarte de Perâon. Las voces de una galerâia de personajes transmiten la fascinaciâon ejercida por su figura y explican su 'canonizaciâon' en la imaginerâia popular. La imposibilidad de discenir entre historia y ficciâon produce un relato alucinante que revivifica de manera indiscutible la categorâia de lo 'real maravilloso'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-08-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
From one of Latin Americas finest writers comes a mesmerizing novel about the legendary Eva Peron. Bigger than fiction, Eva Peron was the poor-trash girl who reinvented herself as a beauty, snared Argentinas dictator, reigned as uncrowned queen of the masses, and was struck down by cancer. When her desperate but foxy husband brings Europes leading embalmer to Eva's deathbed to make her immortal, the fantastical comedy begins.
Nothing could be stranger than the true story of Eva Peron, who began her career as a B-movie actress, won the love of a dictator and the adoration of a nation, and, in death, achieved virtual sainthood status. Out of these facts, Eloy Martinez has crafted a work of fiction that is at once tragic, savagely funny, perversely erotic, and intellectually provocative.
Industry Reviews
"In recent years, few Latin American writers have confronted their countries' past with the wit, style and candor that Mr. Martinez shows in 'Santa Evita' and its earlier companion piece, 'The Peron Novel'. With these two books, he affirms his place among Latin America's best writers and also gives remarkable testimony that just as no one knew what to do with Evita's body, so no one knows, even now, what to do with her legend."
New York Times Book Review - Nicolas Shumway (09/29/1996)
"[A] book in which fact and fiction are so inextricably woven together that it is extremely difficult to separate them....'There is no such thing as life, only stories,' Martinez writes. Here is a story told so superbly that it seems to have as much truth as life itself."
Spectator - Francis King (01/11/1997)
"Martinez's skillfull telling of the tale is accented by Helen Lane's translation, which carries the Spanish rhythms into the English version. 'Santa Evita' is a feast for anyone who enjoys irreverent takes on history."
Brumer
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