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.
In this novel, Eva Peron, struck down by cancer, is preserved by Europe's leading embalmer and put on display as Saint Evita by her husband, who is desperate to retain his power. Although he is deposed anyway, his successors keep the beloved Evita's body--because whoever controlled it controlled Argentina. Hidden, smuggled, replicated, buried, resurrected--this is the story of Eva Peron's corpse.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-09-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
2 cassettes / 3 hours. Read by Joe Grifasi. 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.
From one of Latin America's finest writers, a mesmerizing novel about the legendary Eva Peron--not just her life, but also her death. Eva Peron was always bigger than fiction--the poor-trash girl who reinvented herself as a beauty, snared Argentina's dictator, reigned as uncrowned queen of the masses, then was struck down by cancer. What happens to her corpse is the central focus of this fantastical comedy.
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."
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