The novel takes place during the Second World War, under German controlled Burgundy. Up to now, Carla Montero has published seven novels; four of them take place during that war.

It's just that I’ve taken a liking to it. It's not normal for women to write about that conflict, but when we do, we approach it from a different point of view, she says as soon as we begin our conversation.

'Women tend to write less about the war aspect and more about the characters; in the end, World War II is the context. When a man writes, he tends to focus more on the moments of war, on the battles; I stay with the characters. I don't like generalizations, that's why, I insist, my novels are not about war, they are novels about characters in a war environment', says the author from Madrid, who always chooses special and different events for her novels.

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