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.
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.
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 评分美貌自然是老天给予一个女人的最大的资本,西班牙女郎似乎得到了上帝更多的眷顾,因为她们不仅仅得到了世人难以企及的外貌,并且得到了上帝更多的奖赏,上帝给了她们由外而内的一种美。她们所拥有的,不仅仅是令人们羡慕嫉妒恨,有过一次便在所不惜的绝佳外貌,还有别样的根深...
评分关于战争题材小说,雷马克的《西线无战事》会给人带来一种会当凌绝顶的感觉,某种在经历创伤之后来抚摸青春伤痕的极致。而《时间的针脚》在战争题材小说中显然是别具一格的,通过一位女裁缝的视角刻画了世事苍凉。只不过,雷马克写的是悲剧,杜埃尼亚斯写的是悲喜剧;雷马克用...
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...
Very well written
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
评分爱死!正在读第二遍
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