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The "false calm" referred to in the title is Patagonia, an immense cold, ghostly region in which time seems to have come to a permanent halt. María Sonis Cristoff was born in Trelew, one of the largest Patagonian cities, but moved at an early age to Buenos Aires. Patagonia has been for her a distant, forgotten place, wrapped in silence and mysteries.
Fiona and Lucas have a secret. It isn't just any old secret but an enormous, gigantic, immense one: the F family (that is to say Fiona and Lucas's family) is part of a witness protection program. As a result of this they have to move house frequently (something that would normally be upsetting for two regular children). Making friends, unpacking suitcases, adapting to new places...
This story recounts half a century in the history of a small city in the north of Spain, from the postwar period in which the protagonist arrives there to work on the railways, up to the present day. Successive generations witness such major events as the fire that engulfed the city.
This novel reconstructs a great love - beginning with its end. It is the story of a couple who, like so many, fell in love, lived an illusion, had children and fought against everything - against themselves and against the elements: uncertainty, precariousness, jealousy. They fought not to give up, and came a cropper several times.