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Atria Books
624 pages
Product Description
The thrilling, internationally bestselling novel about a haute couture seamstress who becomes an undercover spy for the British Secret Service during World War II. <P>A #1 bestseller in Spain with more than 1.5 million copies sold, <em>The Time In Between</em> has taken readers by storm with its unforgettable tale of adventure, tragedy, love, and war. Readers will fall in love with MarÍa DueÑas’s dazzlingly inspiring heroine, Sira Quiroga.
Atria Books
624 pages
Amazon.com Review
<p></p> <hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" /> <br /> <strong class="h1"> Amazon Exclusive: Félix J. Palma Interviews María Dueñas </strong> <br /> <br /> <img height="200" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/SIMON/FelixPalma.jpg" style="float: right;" width="146" /> <strong>Félix J. Palma has been unanimously acclaimed by critics as one of the most brilliant and original storytellers of our time. His devotion to the short story genre has earned him more than a hundred awards. <em>The Map of Time</em>, his first book to be published in the United States, received the 2008 Ateneo de Sevilla XL Prize and is being published in more than thirty countries.</strong> <br /><br /> <p><strong>Félix J. Palma:</strong> <em>The Time in Between</em> features many real life characters. How did you ensure that these individuals were accurately portrayed? I imagine that you had to be especially careful given that people who knew them are still alive.</p> <p><strong>María Dueñas:</strong> Some of the characters in my book belong to our recent history and played a prominent role in the Spanish Civil War and WWII in Spain. Ironically, however, a few of them have been obscured by time, and so my task was to bring them back to the forefront in order to recreate some significant events during those febrile years. For this purpose, I used a wide variety of sources: academic works, archives, old newspapers and even interviews with people who personally knew these people. I was very thorough in my research, and I think the outcome has been positive. Many readers finally get to meet these historical figures and no one has complained that the personalities I've managed to reconstruct are inaccurate. </p> <img height="200" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/SIMON/DuenasMaria.jpg" style="float: right;" width="146" /> <p><strong> FP:</strong> It's unusual to come across a heroine who is a seamstress. How did you decide upon this occupation for Sira?</p> <p><strong> MD:</strong> I needed an independent female character who was able to support herself so that she could move about freely without depending on a man. In the late thirties and early forties few occupations offered women this ability, but a seamstress was one of them. </p> <p><strong> FP:</strong> Many novels take place during World War II and yet you've done a wonderful job of taking a fresh approach. Can you tell us about it?</p> <p><strong> MD:</strong> WWII took place when Spain was immersed in post-Civil War reconstruction so many people think that the war had no effect on Spain. But this is not true. Our territory was coveted by Britain and Germany, and there was a lot of espionage in the country at that time. I also added a new ingredient to the traditional view of this period by incorporating a female character into the war game. I think the combination of both these things--an unexplored environment and a new type of heroine--is what sets <em>The Time In Between</em> apart.</p> <hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" />