The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II
Between Youth and Adulthood . . .
At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own apprenticeship. By her early twenties she has learned the ropes of the business and is engaged to a modest government clerk. But everything changes when two charismatic men burst unexpectedly into her neatly mapped-out life: an attractive salesman and the father she never knew.
Between War and Peace . . .
With the Spanish Civil War brewing in Madrid, Sira leaves her mother and her fiancé, impetuously following her handsome lover to Morocco. However, she soon finds herself abandoned, penniless, and heartbroken in an exotic land. Among the odd collection of European expatriates trapped there by the worsening political situation back on the Continent, Sira reinvents herself by turning to the one skill that can save her: her gift for creating beautiful clothes.
Between Love and Duty . . .
As England, Germany, and the other great powers launch into the dire conflict of World War II, Sira is persuaded to return to Madrid, where she takes on a new identity to embark upon the most dangerous undertaking of her career. As the preeminent couturier for an eager clientele of Nazi officers’ wives, Sira becomes embroiled in the half-lit world of espionage and political conspiracy rife with love, intrigue, and betrayal.
Already a runaway bestseller across Europe, The Time In Between is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. María Dueñas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller.
Maria Dueñas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has participated in various educational, cultural, and editorial projects. She is currently writing her second novel.
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评分《时间的针脚》,这本书是我放假前从学校图书馆借出来的,我也不知道当时为什么要借这本书,反正拿回来之后就没翻过,到了快到期的时候,学校图书馆系统的网络进不去,没有办法续借,所以只能开学再还,想着要为那几本书出超期费,就觉得不看的话实在是太划不来了,所以我就拿...
评分拜几本很潦草的新书所赐,我对畅销书的好感一度很缺失。因为看到是西班牙作者,加上有诺奖得住推荐,很利索地买下了,在收到书的当天晚上,一口气读完的。 对西班牙文学的了解仅限于《堂吉诃德》,不记得是否看完全本,但也只能说是不及格的零水平。而对西班牙的历史就更知之甚...
评分这是一本一经面世便饱受评论界赞誉的书,有人称它是一本西班牙语的《飘》,有人称它是《卡萨布兰卡》的新一次演绎,而在略萨的口中,它是“一部充满阴谋、爱情、神秘和柔情的神奇小说”。关于自己这本处女作的一系列评价,西班牙作家玛利亚.杜埃尼亚斯(María Dueñas Vinue...
评分costura西语是缝纫的意思; El tiempo是“时间”(Nike最早系列的一款鞋子就叫Tiempo),翻译成"时间的针脚"和作者的本意一致(作者答记者问),既符合女主Sira的职业身份(裁缝)也暗示了她在历史背面作为一个隐形的人物所起的作用。 从首发式开始前拿到这本书起,我便进入阅...
特别喜欢书名的翻译: the time in between=时间的针脚 #在这密密麻麻的时间针脚里,每个人都努力真实地活着
评分估摸着应该看不懂原版,所以选择了英文译版。600多页的书几乎是看得不想停下来,a real page-turner。讲述了一个西班牙裁缝小姑娘怎么样因缘际会在二战期间成为了同盟国的卧底。西班牙内战时期的马德里、摩洛哥殖民地,二战前夕的里斯本,甚至是30年代前后欧洲的流行时尚都被作者描写得活灵活现。小说虽然是虚构的,但是这个作者是那种特别严谨尊重史实的类型,在虚构的主人公身边出现的好几个人,像是主人公的好朋友同时是弗朗哥政府第一任外交部长的情人,还有好些政治人物都是真实存在的,大环境下的历史事件也都是真实的。 看完之后我只想买票杀回西班牙再一路南下到摩洛哥的Tetouan和Tangier看看。
评分Very well written
评分特别喜欢书名的翻译: the time in between=时间的针脚 #在这密密麻麻的时间针脚里,每个人都努力真实地活着
评分估摸着应该看不懂原版,所以选择了英文译版。600多页的书几乎是看得不想停下来,a real page-turner。讲述了一个西班牙裁缝小姑娘怎么样因缘际会在二战期间成为了同盟国的卧底。西班牙内战时期的马德里、摩洛哥殖民地,二战前夕的里斯本,甚至是30年代前后欧洲的流行时尚都被作者描写得活灵活现。小说虽然是虚构的,但是这个作者是那种特别严谨尊重史实的类型,在虚构的主人公身边出现的好几个人,像是主人公的好朋友同时是弗朗哥政府第一任外交部长的情人,还有好些政治人物都是真实存在的,大环境下的历史事件也都是真实的。 看完之后我只想买票杀回西班牙再一路南下到摩洛哥的Tetouan和Tangier看看。
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