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Of Love and Shadows (novel)

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'Of Love and Shadows' is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1984. 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.

Plot



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.[http://isabelallende.com/en/book/love/summary 'Of Love and Shadows' - summary]

Film



In 1994, this novel was adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly.

References



Joseph,Maria. "Of Love and Shadows Text Guide." Insight Publications, Melbourne, 2006.

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