– Utgangspunktet for Isabel Allendes roman 'Of Love and Shadows' er Chile etter militærjuntaens maktovertagelse. Vi møter journalisten Irene, en ung kvinne fra en bedrestilt familie, og frilansfotografen Francisco som kommer fra langt enklere kår. Sammen blir de sendt ut på et oppdrag som virker uskyldig nok. Irene jobber for et dameblad som ønsker en reportasje om en femten år gammel jente som lider av epilepsi, og som under sine anfall visstnok utretter mirakler. Men så oppdager det unge paret av jenta er forsvunnet etter å ha vært innkalt til forhør for å ha fornærmet en løytnant. Hva har egentlig skjedd? 'Of Love and Shadows' er både en kjærlighetshistorie og en kriminalfortelling, men samtidig et vitnesbyrd over samfunnsforholdene hovedpersonene lever under. Det er en roman som er gripende skrevet, og som viser forfatterens store engasjement. Allendes skildringer er levende og troverdige og det er lett å bli revet med av fortellingen. Dette er en bok jeg likte godt og som jeg gjerne anbefaler.
Of Love and Shadows
**The moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**
Irene Beltran is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist - an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing - she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime.
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**The moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**
Irene Beltran is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist - an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing - she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist emigres.
They are an inseparable team, and - despite Irene's engagement to an army captain - form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a national overrun by terror and violence. Together they will risk everything for justice - and ultimately to embrace the passion that binds them.
Praise for Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows:
'[Allende] can just as deftly depict loving tenderness as convey the high fire of eroticism. And when you've successfully mingled sex and politics with a noble cause, how can you go wrong? New York Times Book Review
'Allende is a born storyteller' Chicago Tribune
'The people in Of Love and Shadows are real, their triumphs and defeats are so faithful to the truth of human existence, that we see the world in miniature. This is precisely what fiction should do' Washington Post
'We are by turns enchanted and entertained . . . Allende has married the world of magic and political evil most credibly' LA Times Book Review
Irene Beltran is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist - an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing - she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist emigres.
They are an inseparable team, and - despite Irene's engagement to an army captain - form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a national overrun by terror and violence. Together they will risk everything for justice - and ultimately to embrace the passion that binds them.
Praise for Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows:
'[Allende] can just as deftly depict loving tenderness as convey the high fire of eroticism. And when you've successfully mingled sex and politics with a noble cause, how can you go wrong? New York Times Book Review
'Allende is a born storyteller' Chicago Tribune
'The people in Of Love and Shadows are real, their triumphs and defeats are so faithful to the truth of human existence, that we see the world in miniature. This is precisely what fiction should do' Washington Post
'We are by turns enchanted and entertained . . . Allende has married the world of magic and political evil most credibly' LA Times Book Review
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Scribner UK
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 336
- ISBN
- 9781471173455
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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