A review by rolien
Liefde en schaduw, by Isabel Allende, Giny Klatser
4.0
When I was a student, I read a lot of fiction from around the world. I loved Isabelle Allende's books. Recently I saw a lot of unread books on my shelves, with this one being one of them.
On impulse, I started the book. The book follows two people from a South American country under dicctatorship (the author doesn't specify which country). One is Irene, a young woman and a journalist from a rich background. The other, Francisco, is a young man who is a psychologist, but doesn't have a job. He decides to become a photographer for a magazine. His first assignment is together with Irene. Gradually, they do more assignments together and grow closer.
I'm not too much into romance, but this is a very touching tale of love in difficult circumstances. The characters feel so real, three-dimensional and deal with the real-life problems in a country under dictatorship. Allende also writes beautifully about the different social classes and manages to capture the reader with little observations.
Happy to see there are two more books by this author in my posession!
On impulse, I started the book. The book follows two people from a South American country under dicctatorship (the author doesn't specify which country). One is Irene, a young woman and a journalist from a rich background. The other, Francisco, is a young man who is a psychologist, but doesn't have a job. He decides to become a photographer for a magazine. His first assignment is together with Irene. Gradually, they do more assignments together and grow closer.
I'm not too much into romance, but this is a very touching tale of love in difficult circumstances. The characters feel so real, three-dimensional and deal with the real-life problems in a country under dictatorship. Allende also writes beautifully about the different social classes and manages to capture the reader with little observations.
Happy to see there are two more books by this author in my posession!