Out running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse
- she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in
secret, recording her concerns about her daughter, the constant
churn of the domestic routine and her fears that her husband will
discover her new habit. With each entry Valeria plunges deeper into
her interior life, uncovering profound dissatisfaction and
restlessness. As she finds her own voice, the roles that have come
to define her-as wife, as mother, as daughter-begin to break apart.
Forbidden Notebook is a rediscovered jewel of Italian literature,
published here in a new translation by the celebrated Ann Goldstein
and with a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri. A captivating feminist
classic, it is an intimate, haunting story of domestic discontent
in postwar Rome, and of one woman's awakening to her true thoughts
and desires.
General
Imprint: |
Pushkin Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
Authors: |
Alba de Céspedes
|
Translators: |
Ann Goldstein
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78227-822-1 |
Subtitles: |
Italian
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-78227-822-2 |
Barcode: |
9781782278221 |
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