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.
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剛開始那部分讓我對女主角天真無知好騙還上趕著跳火坑的行徑無語瞭,天下狗血那麼多,怎麼偏往你身上潑,那一定是因為女主的性格缺陷太過明顯。 讀過瞭女主前半段生涯中有如把言情模式帶入生活的失敗案例後,終於可以迎來一段苦逼而平緩的敘述,故事從這裏變得引人入勝起來,這...
評分書的首發式上,止庵先生對本書的一個評價讓人印象深刻,“這本書最有意思的一點是,一個大學教授寫瞭一個傳奇。” 學者如果身兼作傢身份,給人的感覺就是要寫人文小說,傳奇也就是通俗小說一般是不屑為之的。《時間的針腳》是一個例外,它是一本情節性極強、很好讀的小說,但在...
評分這是一本一經麵世便飽受評論界贊譽的書,有人稱它是一本西班牙語的《飄》,有人稱它是《卡薩布蘭卡》的新一次演繹,而在略薩的口中,它是“一部充滿陰謀、愛情、神秘和柔情的神奇小說”。關於自己這本處女作的一係列評價,西班牙作傢瑪利亞.杜埃尼亞斯(María Dueñas Vinue...
評分剛開始那部分讓我對女主角天真無知好騙還上趕著跳火坑的行徑無語瞭,天下狗血那麼多,怎麼偏往你身上潑,那一定是因為女主的性格缺陷太過明顯。 讀過瞭女主前半段生涯中有如把言情模式帶入生活的失敗案例後,終於可以迎來一段苦逼而平緩的敘述,故事從這裏變得引人入勝起來,這...
評分拜幾本很潦草的新書所賜,我對暢銷書的好感一度很缺失。因為看到是西班牙作者,加上有諾奬得住推薦,很利索地買下瞭,在收到書的當天晚上,一口氣讀完的。 對西班牙文學的瞭解僅限於《堂吉訶德》,不記得是否看完全本,但也隻能說是不及格的零水平。而對西班牙的曆史就更知之甚...
圖書標籤: 西班牙 女性 時間的針腳 經典 歐洲 曆史小說 novel 論文
The last part in Lisbon really ties everything together. I love the slow rhythm in Morocco, that part is my favorite. It is filled with future and possibilities, love and friends.
評分特彆喜歡書名的翻譯: the time in between=時間的針腳 #在這密密麻麻的時間針腳裏,每個人都努力真實地活著
評分長達六百頁的小說,讓我每次看都有一種停不下來的衝動。書中準確的用詞,心理活動的描寫,以及偶爾篇幅略長對局勢的闡述都深深的吸引我。我特彆喜歡Candelaria,她明確的知道自己是什麼樣的人和自己想要什麼,果斷又堅決,是一位非常令人崇拜的女性。我看著sira一步步成長,最後成為一名勇敢有主見並且自信的人,非常感慨。同時我也積纍瞭很多短句和單詞,看完後很想去西班牙。在2016年結束之前,我終於讀完瞭。30 Dec. 2016 Canada
評分Very well written
評分Very well written
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