El espejo de nuestras penas

Synopsis of El espejo de nuestras penas

«El espejo de nuestras penas» is the historical novel by Pierre Lemaitre, published by Salamandra in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).

Spring 1940: Louise Belmont, a young thirty-year-old teacher, flees Paris as German troops advance and hundreds of thousands of French people abandon their homes. Her path crosses at a Loire camp with two deserting soldiers from the Maginot Line, a sub-lieutenant and a priest, in a saga where family secrets and unexpected twists mingle with History.

Third installment of the trilogy «Los hijos del desastre», continuing Lemaitre's foray into interwar France.

For readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative who want the conclusion of the trilogy begun with «Nos vemos allá arriba».