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Her Side of the Story - From the author of FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK
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Her Side of the Story - From the author of FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK
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"De Cespedes' work has lost none of its subversive force”
—The New York Times Book Review From the author of Forbidden
Notebook, Alba de Céspedes, a richly told novel she called
“the story of a great love and of a crime.” As she looks back
on her life, Alessandra Corteggiani recalls her youth during the
rise of fascism in Italy, the resistance, and the fall of
Mussolini, the lives of the women in her family and her
working-class neighborhood, rigorously committed to telling “her
side of the story.” Alessandra witnesses her mother, an
aspiring concert pianist, suffer from the inability to escape her
oppressive marriage. Later, she is sent away to live with her
father's relatives in the country, in the hope she’ll finally
learn to submit herself to the patriarchal system and authority.
But at the farm, Alessandra grows increasingly rebellious,
conscious of the unjust treatment of generations of hardworking
women in her family. When she refuses the marriage proposal from a
neighboring farmer, she is sent back to Rome to tend to her ailing
father. In Rome, Alessandra meets Francesco, a charismatic
anti-fascist professor, who ostensibly admires and supports her
sense of independence and justice. But she soon comes to recognize
that even as she respects Francesco and is keen to participate in
his struggle to reclaim their country from fascism, this respect is
unrequited, and that her own beloved husband is ensnared by
patriarchal conventions when it comes to their relationship.
In these pages, De Céspedes delivers a breathtakingly
accurate and timeless portrayal of the complexity of the female
condition against the dramatic backdrop of WWII and the partisan
uprising in Italy.
General
Imprint: |
Minedition (imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Alba de Céspedes
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Translators: |
Jill Foulston
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Afterword by: |
Elena Ferrante
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
512 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-66260-143-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-66260-143-3 |
Barcode: |
9781662601439 |
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