The Seamstress
(Sprache: Englisch)
Sara Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless and in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing.
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Sara Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless and in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing.
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María Dueñas's million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy, love and war, The Seamstress, a Richard and Judy 2012 book club pick.
Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.
Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.
But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill - and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their German friends.
With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco's Nazis-friendly Spain. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal.
And where the greatest danger lies. . .
'María Dueñas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported' Kate Morton, author of The House atRiverton
'A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters' Mario Vargas Llosa
'A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue' Juan Gómez-Jurado, author of The Moses Expedition
María 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.
Autoren-Porträt von María Dueñas
María 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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: María Dueñas
- 2012, 624 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 20,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Transl. by Daniel Hahn
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0670920037
- ISBN-13: 9780670920037
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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Maria Duenas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported -- Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton Maria Duenas's ambitious debut belongs to that increasingly rare genre: the historical epic...a richly satisfying novel -- David Evans Financial Times A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue -- Juan Gomez-Jurado, author of The Moses Expedition A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters -- Mario Vargas Llosa A literary cocktail that mixes adventure, espionage, glamour, aristocracy and passion La Vanguardia How can a novel be both cruel and tender, dark and luminous all at the same time, and keep the reader glued to its pages with a complex, captivating narrative? Maria Duenas's novel manages to make this possible with a tale that is destined to become a literary classic -- Javier Sierra, bestselling author of The Secret Supper and The Lady in Blue
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