| First edition | |
| Author | Isabel Allende |
|---|---|
| Original title | De amor y de sombra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Sudamericana |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | Chile |
| 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] 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. [4]
Joseph,Maria. "Of Love and Shadows Text Guide." Insight Publications, Melbourne, 2006. ISBN 1 921088 68 0