"Kusintha kudzakhala kwachikazi kapena sikudzakhala" mawu owuziridwa ndi Ché Guevara omwe ndidabweretsa ndipo akuyenera kumvedwa pankhani ya bukuli ngati mbiriyakale yofunikira ya azimayi. Mbiri ndi yomwe ili, koma pafupifupi nthawi zonse zalembedwa kusiya gawo laudindo lofanana ndi akazi. Chifukwa sizinthu zochepa zoyendetsa ufulu ndi kufanana zomwe zafotokozedwa m'mawu achikazi, potengera chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha chikhumbo chofanana pakati pawo.
Pali njira yayitali yoti mupite. Koma bwanji osangoyambira m'mabuku, kulemba mabuku omwe amavumbula ngwazi ndi ma heroine kuyambira nthawi zina pomwe zachikazi zimamveka ngati munthu wofunikira kwambiri pakusintha kwanthawi yayitali.
Nkhondo Yoyamba Yapadziko Lonse idasiya Spain yopanda ndale pomwe panalibe chomwe chikuwoneka ngati chikumenyera nkhondoyi. Kungoti nkhondo iliyonse imatha kufalikira zachiwawa, umphawi ndi mavuto awo kufupi ndi Spain, kuzungulira ndi mayiko omwe adatenga nawo gawo ngati France kapena Portugal.
Mbiri ya nkhondo ikutiphunzitsa kuti nkhondo zoyipa kwambiri zimadza pomwe mapeto ali pafupi. Dziko lonse la Europe lidawonongedwa kale mu 1918 ndipo zinthu zinafika poipa kwambiri, chimfine cha ku Spain chidatenga mwayi poyenda kwa asitikali komanso chakudya choyipa kuti chiwononge opaka utoto kwambiri.
Pakati pamavuto ndikutsogolo, timakumana ndi Gracia waku Barcelona, mayi wokonda kusintha. Mzinda wa Barcelona unkakhala masiku amenewo osandulika malo otentha pomwe zipolowe zimayambika komanso komwe ntchito zobisika zaukazitape zimachitika. Ndipo zonsezi ndi zomwe Gracia akukakamizika kuchoka mumzinda wake.
Kusiya Spain kumpoto chakumapeto kwa nkhondo sikunapangitse tsogolo labwino. Koma Gracia adapeza ku Bordeaux nkhani yokonda chikondi, kukhulupirika ndi chiyembekezo, mkati mwa mithunzi ya dziko lowonongeka lomwe limawoneka kuti lidzawonongedwe ngati pepala pamoto.
Ndikumva kukoma kwachikondi chofanana ndi cha buku laposachedwa Chilimwe chisanachitike nkhondo, komanso ndi malingaliro ofunikira a buku lililonse lotsutsa, timapeza buku losangalatsa, lokhala ndi kamvekedwe kabwino ka mabrashi ofotokozera olondola, kutipangitsa kukhala m'chigawo chakuda ichi kudzuka mzaka za zana la makumi awiri.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la Mliri wa Spring, buku latsopano la Empar Fernández, apa: