Francisco Leal

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Francisco Leal is a young idealistic Chilean journalist who becomes involved in political resistance and a passionate romance in Isabel Allende’s novel "Of Love and Shadows."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
journalist
literary character
appearsInGenre Latin American political novel
romantic drama
appearsInLanguageEdition English translation of Of Love and Shadows
Spanish-language original of Of Love and Shadows
associatedWithTheme courage
human rights abuses
journalistic ethics
love
memory and truth
political resistance
belongsToWorkType novel
countryOfCitizenship Chile
creator Isabel Allende NERFINISHED
familyBackground Spanish Republican exile family
fictionalUniverse Of Love and Shadows NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDateOfWork 1984
firstPublicationWork Of Love and Shadows NERFINISHED
gender male
genre political fiction character
romantic fiction character
hasLoveInterest Irene Beltrán NERFINISHED
hasRomanticRelationshipWith Irene Beltrán NERFINISHED
hasTrait courageous
idealistic
politically engaged
romantic
ideology left-wing sympathies
involvedIn political repression investigations
isCharacterIn Of Love and Shadows NERFINISHED
novel Of Love and Shadows
language Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American post-Boom literature
medium prose literature
narrativeFunction embodies moral resistance to oppression
narrativeRole co-protagonist
nationality Chilean
occupation journalist
opposes military dictatorship in Chile
participatesIn political resistance
romanticRole male protagonist in love story
settingOfActivity Chile under military dictatorship
worksWith Irene Beltrán NERFINISHED

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Of Love and Shadows mainCharacter Francisco Leal