by Tomas Eloy Martinez · Transworld Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552778961
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«Santa Evita» is the historical novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez, published by Transworld Publishers in paperback (416 pages, in English).
The novel interweaves the life of Eva Perón, from her humble childhood to her transformation into a political and social myth of Argentina, with the story of her embalmed corpse: hidden, kidnapped, replicated, smuggled, buried, exhumed, and repatriated. It also explores the legend, rumors, and collective memory surrounding Evita.
Work originally published in 1995. Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the fiction category in 1996.
For readers of historical fiction and Latin American literature interested in the figure of Eva Perón.
Tomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine journalist and writer.
