Of Love and Shadows (novel)

Of Love and Shadows
Author Isabel Allende
Original title De amor y de sombra
Language Spanish
Publication date
1984
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN 9788497592543

Of Love and Shadows (Spanish: De amor y de sombra) is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1984.[1]

Plot

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state. Irene and Francisco begin a passionate affair, ready to risk everything for the sake of justice and truth.[2]

Film

In 1994 this novel was adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly.

References

  1. "De amor y de sombra". WorldCat. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. Of Love and Shadows - summary


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