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El tiempo entre costuras (Spanish Edition) (Temas de Hoy. Th Novela) [Paperback]

Maria Duenas (Author)
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Temas de Hoy. Th Novela August 10, 2010
La joven modista Sira Quiroga abandona Madrid en los meses previos al lanzamiento, arrastrada por el amor desbocado hacia un hombre a quien apenas conoce. Juntos se instalan en Tanger, una ciudad mundana, exotica y vibrante donde todo lo impensable puede hacerse realidad. Incluso, la traicion y el abandono. Sola y acuciada por deudas ajenas, Sira se traslada a Tetuan, la capital del Protectorado espanol en Marruecos. Con argucias inconfesables y ayudada por amistades de reputacion dudosa, forja una nueva identidad y logra poner en marcha un selecto atelier en el que atiende a clientas de origenes remotos y presentes insospechados. A partir de entonces, con la contienda espanola recien terminada y la europea a punto de comenzar, el destino de la protagonista queda ligado a un punado de personajes historicos entre los que destacan Juan Luis Beigbeder el enigmatico y escasamente conocido ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del primer franquismo , su amante, la excentrica Rosalinda Fox, y el agregado naval Alan Hillgarth, jefe de la inteligencia britanica en Espana durante la segunda guerra mundial. Entre todos ellos la empujaran hacia un arriesgado compromiso en el que las telas, las puntadas y los patrones de su oficio se convertiran en la fachada visible de algo mucho mas turbio y peligroso. Escrita en una prosa esplendida, El tiempo entre costuras avanza con ritmo imparable por los mapas, la memoria y la nostalgia, transportandonos hasta los legendarios enclaves coloniales del norte de africa, al Madrid proaleman de la inmediata posguerra y a una Lisboa cosmopolita repleta de espias, oportunistas y refugiados sin rumbo.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Temas de Hoy (August 10, 2010)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 6070704088
  • ISBN-13: 978-6070704086
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fabolous narrative, September 17, 2010
This review is from: El tiempo entre costuras (Spanish Edition) (Temas de Hoy. Th Novela) (Paperback)
A fabulous novel covering from the years previous to the Spanish Civil War to the end of the WWII, with scenes covering Madrid, Tanger and Tetuan, Madrid again and Lisbon to finally return to Madrid once again, with intrigue and history development with a formal bibliography of the non fictional aspects of the book which give a hard backbone to the fiction of the novel. In Spanish works just fine even her author has a PhD in English literature and applies many of the techniques used in English to this very Spanish novel. Easy reading and wonderful experience. Néstor C. Tirado,M.D.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial, October 7, 2010
This review is from: El tiempo entre costuras (Spanish Edition) (Temas de Hoy. Th Novela) (Paperback)
Uno de los mejores libros que he leido. A traves de la protagonista, vives en primera persona los tristes sucesos de la guerra civil española. Imposible dejar de leer. Bravo Bárbara!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars El tiempo entre Costuras, August 18, 2010
This review is from: El tiempo entre costuras (Spanish Edition) (Temas de Hoy. Th Novela) (Paperback)
Excellent novel, delightful and exciting reading.....also of historical value about the Spanish Civil war and the years of WWII. The influence of Germany and Britain in Morrocco, Spain and Portugal. I wish a translation in English could be available soon.
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