La llave de Sarah

Synopsis of La llave de Sarah

«La llave de Sarah» is the historical novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (422 pages, in Spanish).

In occupied Paris in 1942, when the authorities arrest thousands of Jews, Sarah hides her brother in a cupboard to protect him and keeps the key. Sixty years later, journalist Julia Jarmond investigates the roundup for a report and discovers that her own family history is connected to the girl's fate.

The work was originally published as «Elle s'appelait Sarah»; this Spanish edition is a translation by José Miguel Pallarés.

For readers of historical fiction about the Second World War and the Holocaust; the novel alternates between two eras and has a strong emotional charge.