Of Love and Shadows (Spanish: 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]
↑ Kaplan, Betty (1994-10-06), Of Love and Shadows (Drama, Romance, Thriller, War), Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff, Aleph Producciones S.A., Argentina Espanola, Miramax, retrieved 2021-02-07
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