num_pages: 290
description: Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime.  They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror . . . and how very much they risk.
language: English
title: Of Love and Shadows
titlecomplete: Of Love and Shadows
characters: Prof. Leal, Beatriz Alcàntara, Mario (Of Love and Shadows), Digna Ranquileo, Francisco Leal, Hilda Leal, Evangelina Ranquileo, Pradelio Ranquileo, Rosa (Of Love and Shadows), Gustavo Morante, Irene Beltran
genres: Historical, Literature, Novels, Latin American, Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 31884
places: Chile
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award
category: 10-12
publisher: Bantam