num_pages: 304
description: Beautiful and headstrong, Irene Beltrán works as a magazine journalist—a profession that belies her privileged upbringing and her engagement to an army captain. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist émigrés. Together, they form an unlikely but inseparable team—and Francisco quickly falls in love with the fierce and loyal Irene. When an assignment leads them to a young girl whom locals believe to possess miraculous powers, they uncover an unspeakable crime perpetrated by an oppressive regime. Determined to reveal the truth in a nation overrun by terror and violence, each will risk everything to find justice—and, ultimately, to embrace the passion and fervor that binds them.Profoundly moving and ultimately uplifting, Of Love and Shadows is a tale of romance, bravery, and tragedy, set against the indelible backdrop of a country ruled with an iron fist—and peopled with those who dare to challenge it.
language: English
title: Of Love and Shadows
titlecomplete: Of Love and Shadows
characters: Irene Beltran, Francisco Leal, Beatriz Alcàntara, Hilda Leal, Digna Ranquileo, Rosa (Of Love and Shadows), Prof. Leal, Mario (Of Love and Shadows), Evangelina Ranquileo, Gustavo Morante, Pradelio Ranquileo
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Latin American, Romance, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 31878
places: Chile
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award
category: 10-12
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback