Spain, Costa Blanca. The sun is still hot even though it is already September. On the streets there is none, and the air is permeated with a scent of lemon that reaches the sea. It is here that Sandra, in his thirties crisis, sought refuge not have a job, is at odds with their parents, is pregnant with a man who is sure to love. It is lonely and confused, and desperate for a compass for her life. Until the day when he meets his eyes sympathetic and kind: it is Fredrik and Karen Christensen, a couple of lovely old men. They're like the grandparents never had. Moment by moment, gave her a tender friendship, the people are charming as Albert, and welcome in the large villa surrounded by beautiful flowers. A paradise. But in reality it is hell. Why are Karin and Fredrik Nazi criminals. Were known for their ferocity and now, behind their eyes peacefully, hatch a dream to start over. Julian knows, survivor of the concentration camp at Mathausen, which for days following their movements step by step. Now, perhaps, may expose and Sandra is the only one able to help. It is not easy to convince of the truth. Yet, after an initial moment of disbelief, the woman begins to look with different eyes. Sandra now has understood: she and her very small risk. But no matter. Why everyone should know. Because what has happened does not fall into oblivion. "The Scent of lemon leaves" is presented as a true publishing event, with many editions and reprints in a few days. And the plot is not hard to see why: an old jew who survived the concentration camp at Mathausen, arrived in Spain after discovering that there Friedrik counts and Karin, two elderly Nazi war criminals now, the architects of his suffering and many others. In his desire for revenge meets Sandra, a young pregnant woman who finds herself on holiday there in spite of a prisoner in the house of these two elderly top suspect. Surveys of Julian and Sandra will come out the existence of a true brotherhood that gathers a lot of old Nazi war criminals.
Wow! You say! And it's actually what I immediately thought, too. But the story sluggish. It does not happen anything at all, or at least nothing that a basic idea of \u200b\u200bthis portends well thought out. We will never arrive at a moment of real tension, nor the life of Sandra is never actually be in danger. And the only small plot twist is predictable from the outset.
Well, I think the author missed the opportunity to write a masterpiece.
Note to translation: how did the original title, "Lo que nombre Escondite you" (that hiding your name), to become "The smell of lemon leaves?
Wow! You say! And it's actually what I immediately thought, too. But the story sluggish. It does not happen anything at all, or at least nothing that a basic idea of \u200b\u200bthis portends well thought out. We will never arrive at a moment of real tension, nor the life of Sandra is never actually be in danger. And the only small plot twist is predictable from the outset.
Well, I think the author missed the opportunity to write a masterpiece.
Note to translation: how did the original title, "Lo que nombre Escondite you" (that hiding your name), to become "The smell of lemon leaves?
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