Of Love and Shadows
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Of Love and Shadows is a novel by Isabel Allende that blends romance and political drama to explore love, memory, and resistance under a repressive Latin American dictatorship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Of Love and Shadows canonical | 2 |
| De amor y de sombra | 1 |
| Of Love and Shadows (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T872404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Of Love and Shadows Context triple: [Isabel Allende, notableWork, Of Love and Shadows]
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A.
Shadows and Light
"Shadows and Light" is a 1980 live album and concert film by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing jazz-infused performances with an all-star band.
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B.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
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C.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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D.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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E.
Post Tenebras Lux
Post Tenebras Lux is a Latin motto meaning "After darkness, light," historically associated with the Protestant Reformation and symbolizing spiritual renewal and enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Of Love and Shadows Target entity description: Of Love and Shadows is a novel by Isabel Allende that blends romance and political drama to explore love, memory, and resistance under a repressive Latin American dictatorship.
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A.
Shadows and Light
"Shadows and Light" is a 1980 live album and concert film by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing jazz-infused performances with an all-star band.
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B.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
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C.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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D.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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E.
Post Tenebras Lux
Post Tenebras Lux is a Latin motto meaning "After darkness, light," historically associated with the Protestant Reformation and symbolizing spiritual renewal and enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Betty Kaplan ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between personal and political life
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impact of dictatorship on ordinary people ⓘ moral responsibility of witnesses ⓘ role of memory in confronting injustice ⓘ |
| follows | The House of the Spirits ⓘ |
| genre |
Latin American literature
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magic realism ⓘ political novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Of Love and Shadows
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Of Love and Shadows (film)
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| hasSubject |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
Latin American dictatorship ⓘ class differences ⓘ family relationships ⓘ social inequality ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | blend of romance and political drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Francisco Leal
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Irene Beltrán ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Of Love and Shadows
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
De amor y de sombra
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| partOf | Isabel Allende bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
journalist
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photographer ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Plaza & Janés ⓘ |
| setting |
military dictatorship
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unnamed Latin American country ⓘ |
| theme |
disappearance
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human rights abuses ⓘ journalism ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ political repression ⓘ resistance ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Of Love and Shadows (film)
this entity surface form:
De amor y de sombra