情熱のシーラ. 中

Sira Quiroga #1B

by María Dueñas, Maki Miyazaki (Translator), Takako Funakoshi (Translator)

祖国を守るために、“使命”を果たす――

スペイン生まれのお針子シーラは、第二次世界大戦前夜にモロッコに渡り、紆余曲折の末にオートクチュール店を開く。やがて顧客との付き合いを通じて、政治の世界に繋がってゆく。折しも、スペインはナチスドイツに加担して、参戦しようとしていた。それを阻止するため、シーラはスパイ活動を始めるが……。NHK海外ドラマの原作小説第2弾！

277 pages, Tankobon Softcover

Published June 27, 2015

About the author

María Dueñas Vinuesa was born on 1964 in Puertollano, Spain. She has seven siblings. She is a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Murcia, and is also an academic author and has worked at different universities in North America. She came into the spotlight in 2009, achieving great success in Spain thanks to her first novel, El tiempo entre costuras, published in English language as The Time in Between and The Seamstress, a historical espionage novel, which sold more than a million copies. It has already been translated into more than 25 different languages.

María Dueñas is marrried with Manuel Ballesteros, also a professor, and they have two children, the family lives in Cartagena.