Santa Evita.
MARTíNEZ, Tomás Eloy [Chip Kidd].
Santa Evita.
“Finally, the novel I always wanted to read" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Signed by Tomás Eloy Martínez and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
$2,500.00
In Stock
Item Number: 148508
First American edition of this international bestselling historical novel based, one of the best-selling novels in the Spanish language. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Tomas Eloy Martinez on the title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Tomás Eloy Martínez’s 'Santa Evita' is a postmodern historical novel that blends fact and fiction to explore the mythologization of Eva Perón in Argentine cultural and political life. Focusing on the bizarre and often grotesque journey of her embalmed body following her death in 1952, the novel reflects Martínez’s broader literary interest in the intersection of truth, narrative, and power. A prominent journalist and novelist, Martínez was known for his critical engagement with Argentina’s political history and his skill in merging journalistic inquiry with literary imagination. In Santa Evita, he constructs a fragmented, multi-voiced narrative that deconstructs the figure of Evita, revealing how her memory was manipulated by competing regimes and how her corpse became a symbolic battleground for ideological control. “Finally, the novel I always wanted to read" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez).
