false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166725111m/16532.jpg 16532 56 Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime.  They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror . . . and how very much they risk.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 205630 1986 Of Love and Shadows total:2148|5:524|4:891|3:604|2:105|1:24| 2148 8230 2766 96 5 3 false false Sat Nov 22 12:20:09 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 12:20:09 -0800 2008
i have to explain that i review the books i have read not on th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 18:11:58 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 15:31:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Dec 29 05:44:40 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 05:45:11 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Nov 23 10:22:41 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 10:25:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 08 19:29:10 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 19:29:54 -0800 2009 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Nov 06 18:14:20 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 18:16:23 -0800 2007 It seemed like it was the same thing repeating over and over again. It was all knew and yet so stale it turned to dust in my mouth.]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 07:40:23 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 02:25:01 -0700 2008 I must confess, though, it annoyed me the similarity to The House of Spirits. Isabel Allende's style is predictible, she tries to 'hook' you, to pull you in the story. I don't know about others, but she just couldn't do it with me. :) I was permanently noticing her ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 18:55:39 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 10 16:27:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 18:20:40 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 18:26:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:39:34 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 10:36:10 -0700 2009 1 Daughter of Fortune or House of the Spirits, you get the idea. Essentially, there is a strong female character who doesn't fit the traditional mold, some kind of supernatural activity, forbidden love, resistance against the regime, and a tragedy or four.

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