Of Love and Shadows (novel)


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

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.

Film

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