| Of Love and Shadows | |
| Title Orig: | De amor y de sombra |
| Author: | Isabel Allende |
| Country: | Chile |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Publisher: | Sudamericana |
| Pub Date: | 1984 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 9788497592543 |
Of Love and Shadows (Spanish; Castilian: '''De amor y de sombra''') is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1984.[1] The plotline was inspired by journalistic accounts taken from magazines, newspapers, and interviews that Allende herself gathered both working as a journalist in Chile before her exile and during her later career as a writer in Venezuela.[2]
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.[3]
In 1994, this novel was adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly.
Joseph,Maria. "Of Love and Shadows Text Guide." Insight Publications, Melbourne, 2006.