Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden.

[1][2] Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified country in South America.

One day, the professor's Indian gardener is bitten by a snake and whilst on his deathbed, Consuelo makes love to him, thus conceiving Eva.

After the Professor dies, Eva moves on and eventually stumbles upon Huberto Naranjo, who places her in the care of La Señora, the owner of a brothel.

After his father is killed by some local boys, Rolf's mother resolves to send him to South America to be raised by his Aunt and Uncle.

As Rolf grows up, he becomes interested in reporting news and becomes a leading journalist, shooting film footage from the front line.

Described as a modern Scheherazade, Eva's ability to induce others with her stories is her gift to the world, helping her deal with the difficulties that many women, like herself, faced in a tyrannical and explosive political environment.

Through the protagonist Eva, Allende has found a character that reflects on all the characteristics that all women trying to survive in the harsh conditions of Latin America, should embody.

[4] Directed by Estefanía Fadul and adapted by OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich, Eva Luna is performed in Spanish with English subtitles.