Product Description

Desarrollada en un país latinamericano sin nombre que vive bajo el dominio de una dictadura militar, la segunda, hipnotizante, novela de Allende cuenta la historia de una mujer y un hombre que están destinados, bajo las circunstancias más espeluzantes, a compartir un amor excepcional.Irene Beltrán es fruto de la clase alta, una bien intencionada, aunque algo ingenua, reportera en una revista para mujeres. Francisco Leal, hijo de exiliados españoles, es un fotógrafo partidario de la resistencia clandestina. Durante el curso de un trabajo rutinario, esta pareja descubre, literalmente, un crimen que resulta en desafío---y provocación---al terrorismo oficial del gobierno, y que también pone en grave peligro sus vidas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77804 in Books
• Published on: 1995-05-02
• Released on: 1995-03-17
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780060951290
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Siempre amena, a menudo bella, difinitivamente apremiante." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Language Notes
Text: Spanish

From the Publisher
Based on actual facts, Isabel Allende wove her second novel into a beautiful wonderful and a lovely story of love and hope and futility. Originally written in Spanish, Of Love and Shadows is a masterpiece.

Customer Reviews

Perfect Combination of non-combinable items
In this book, the author achieves a perfect combination between love and terror, two topics which at first sight seem completely impossible to place together. Two stories in one are presented in this novel: the love affair between Francisco and Irene and the horror of the military ruling at the time. A young girl who disappears glues these two together, as the couple go through "the shades" in their quest for the truth about the matter. The horror they will face will change them forever, while strenghtening their love affair minute after minute...

This book is Spectacular!
I read this book for a High School class and I admit I wasn't thrilled. However, after a few pages I became hooked. It's one of the most original books i've read in a long time. It has love, romance, and action. All that I could ask for and more. READ THIS BOOK!!!

Amazing and Breathtaking .. Isabel Allende a superior writer
This book is amazing. It combines love with the horrors of the desaparecidos in Chile during the early 1980's. If you want a great story with quality and that will challenge all of your intellect, I suggest Of Love and Shadows. You will fall in love with the most amazing characters in contemporary novel and be forever touched by this fantastic reading.