by Isabel Allende · Suhrkamp Verlag AG · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518382356
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«Von Liebe und Schatten» is a novel by Isabel Allende, published by Suhrkamp Verlag AG in paperback (424 pages, in German).
The action takes place in Chile during the military dictatorship and combines a love story with the denunciation of repression. Irene Beltrán, a journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer, investigate the disappearance of a young woman and uncover a network of secrets that puts them in danger; their relationship is tested when they decide to seek the truth and give a voice to those who have none.
This German edition is a translation by Dagmar Ploetz of the original «De amor y de sombra» (1984) and bears number 1735 of the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch series.
A suitable read for those seeking a love story with a historical and political backdrop, as well as for followers of Isabel Allende's narrative.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
