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Of love and shadows

Title:

Of love and shadows

Author:

Allende, Isabel.

ISBN:

9780552993135

Personal Author:

Allende, Isabel.

Uniform Title:

De amor y de sombra. English

Publication Information:

London : Black Swan, 1988.

Physical Description:

297 pages

Abstract:

The story of two people's struggle to expose a mass murder in the midst of corruption and violence in a Latin American country and of the love that grew between them in spite of the terror and danger.

Subject Term:

Beltran, Irene (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Leal, Francisco (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Politicians -- Fiction.

Romance fiction.

Exiles -- Fiction.

Authors, Chilean -- 20th century.

Chilean literature -- 20th century.

Spanish American literature.

Authors, Chilean -- Fiction.

Added Author:

Peden, Margaret Sayers.

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Summary

Set in a country of arbitrary arrests, sudden disappearances and summary executions, Isabel Allende's magical new novel tells of the passionate affair of two people prepared to risk everything for the sake of justice and truth. Irene Beltrán, a reporter, comes from a wealthy background; Francisco Leal, a young photographer secretly engaged in undermining the military dictatorship, is strongly attracted by her beauty. It does not matter that Irene's fiancé is an army captain: each time Francisco accompanies her on a magazine assignment, he falls more deeply in love with her.

When they go to investigate the mysterious case of Evangelina Ranquileo, a girl suffering from spectacular fits which are rumoured to have miraculous powers, the arrival of soldiers adds a sinister aspect to the mystery. And then Evangelina disappears. Irene and Francisco, in trying to trace her and indict the Junta, become engulfed in a vortex of terror and violence.