The novel The Stranger from Narbonne takes place in Spain at the end of the 15th century, during the persecution of baptized Jews by the Spanish Inquisition. “The era of the siege of Granada, when Spain first realizes its power, and the Jewish community finds itself on the brink of an abyss. When the familiar world begins to collapse, when denunciation becomes commonplace, when doubts about their fathers and mothers creep into the hearts of children (and not always without reason), when the greatest courage is required in order to console someone led to the stake with the cry “Peace be with you, Jew.” ."