![]() "Allende is a smashing storyteller who brings the most minor characters vividly to life. Allende's second novel is a major achievement and worth anyone's time."-Milwaukee Journal "There is wit and romance in Of Love and Shadows, as well as a hard, gritty edge. Allende's writing.is so warm, so human, so filled with love for her characters and her country, that in the end human nature, in its goodness and its strength, counteracts the horror and casts light and love where before there was only shadow."-Cleveland Plain Dealer "Allende has demonstrated that she is, beyond question, one of the great Latin American writers of today.It is a rare and exciting experience to discover the work of a writer as good as Isabel Allende. "Of Love and Shadows has all the ingredients of excellent fiction: tense drama, rich detail and characterization, and timeless themes."-San Diego Tribune This is precisely what fiction should do."-Jonathan Yardley "The Washington Post " ![]() Why dont they pitch the prisoner on the ground and shoot him like a dog before it gets light and we can. Faustino Rivera turned to the man at his left, repeated the order, and the man departed. The people in Of Love and Shadows are so real, their triumphs and defeats are so faithful to the truth of human existence, that we see the world in miniature. Audiobook excerpt (for a diffrent section). ![]() "Isabel Allende is a writer of deep conviction, but she knows that in the end it is people, not issues, who matter most. ![]()
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