Of Love and Shadows
novel by Allende
Also known as: “De amor y de sombra”
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Of Love and Shadows is a 1984 novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. It is considered one of her best-known works, alongside The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts. The novel is written in the magic realist tradition, a style that blends realistic fiction with elements of fantasy and myth. Allende's work often explores themes of South American politics and the role of women in Latin America.12
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