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| Original Title: | De amor y de sombra |
| ISBN: | 0553383833 (ISBN13: 9780553383836) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Irene Beltran, Francisco Leal, Beatriz Alcàntara, Evangelina Ranquileo, Pradelio Ranquileo, Digna Ranquileo, Mario (Of Love and Shadows), Rosa (Of Love and Shadows), Prof. Leal, Hilda Leal, Gustavo Morante |
| Setting: | Chile |
| Literary Awards: | Soaring Eagle Book Award for 10-12 (1990) |
Isabel Allende
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.97 | 23746 Users | 833 Reviews
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| Title | : | Of Love and Shadows |
| Author | : | Isabel Allende |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | August 30th 2005 by Dial Press Trade Paperback (first published April 1st 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Magical Realism. Cultural. Latin American. European Literature. Spanish Literature. Novels |
Description During Books Of Love and Shadows
Beautiful and headstrong, Irene Beltrán works as a magazine journalist—a profession that belies her privileged upbringing and her engagement to an army captain. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist émigrés. Together, they form an unlikely but inseparable team—and Francisco quickly falls in love with the fierce and loyal Irene. When an assignment leads them to a young girl whom locals believe to possess miraculous powers, they uncover an unspeakable crime perpetrated by an oppressive regime. Determined to reveal the truth in a nation overrun by terror and violence, each will risk everything to find justice—and, ultimately, to embrace the passion and fervor that binds them.Profoundly moving and ultimately uplifting, Of Love and Shadows is a tale of romance, bravery, and tragedy, set against the indelible backdrop of a country ruled with an iron fist—and peopled with those who dare to challenge it.
Rating Containing Books Of Love and Shadows
Ratings: 3.97 From 23746 Users | 833 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Of Love and Shadows
Wonderfully written novel. The language is so lyrical that you enjoy it like a ballad. It's so real and touching that you see triumph, ecstasy, defeat and despair of those people in a land under a despotic regime and political hypocrisy. The book indeed draws a colorful picture so vivid and natural that it makes you think from a different perspective. 'Development' can not be at the cost of natural justice to people of the land, oppression and suppressed torments breeds violence in the long run.What to say about this. I began it yesterday evening, I finished it this afternoon. It is wonderful. Some beautuful descriptive phrases, tiny images which capture something powerful. Gatherings of water in cobbles being likened to shards of glass, the mouth of a cave in which lie horrors as of yet undiscovered likened to a groaning mouth. Simple, obvious phrases but all the more powerful for that. Everytime I read a translated novel, and sadly owing to my 'non-ployglotness' this is inevitable, i
What Isabel Allende achieves, with her captivating narratives in an almost always persistent prose is the elegant marriage of three elements: political, which presents the gruesome and menacing secrets of the General and his military dictatorship of an unnamed Latin American country; the love story, starting from the forbidden but pure yearnings of Francisco Leal, a photographer towards his partner journalist Irene Beltran, to a sweet, undying and larger-than-life affection which accompanied the
This book has really stuck with me since I read it in the late 1980'sIt's interesting because it's a historical tale that is still very much relevant today.The United States involvement in the military Coup that overthrew the then popular president Allende (This writer's Grandfather, I think...) is rightly seen as an event that is little known or understood by people in the US. If this event were better known or understood, it is felt, it would influence politics in the U.S. in a deep and
If you just want fluffy romance story, don't read this. Contrary what title, and horrendous covers of the edition I've read may suggest, this is not some love story.Horrible covers that made me feel ashamed while I was reading it in bus full of people from my institute: This is story about oppressive dictatorship, censure, about fighting for freedom and truth. About courage to act upon your beliefs, and about people who will turn their head from stuff that don't suit their perfect world. About
Allende's second novel is, in my opinion, an easier read than her first. Of Love and Shadows is the story of a female journalist, in an unnamed South American country (presumably Chile, but Allende stated that the anonymity of the country was intentional) who works for a women's magazine. After employing a new photographer, the pair attempt to report on a young girl who is said to have magical capabilities when she falls into her daily seizure. This girls magic has become something of a local
I have yet to read an Allende book that I dont like. This one is short, but theres a lot packed into those pages, and I had a wonderful time with it.This is a book about life under a military dictatorship in an unnamed country that can only be Chile. Irene, a reporter, and Francisco, a psychologist-turned-photographer, are forced to confront the ugliest side of the regime when a teenage girl disappears immediately after an interview.As is to be expected from an Allende book, the plot meanders a
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