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Forbidden notebook a novel

"In this modern translation and exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife, Valeria Cossati, living in postwar Rome"--

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Main Author:	De Céspedes, Alba, 1911-1997 (Author)
Other Authors:	Goldstein, Ann, 1949- (Translator), Lahiri, Jhumpa (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English Italian
Published:	New York : Astra House, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Housewives > Italy > Fiction. Diaries > Authorship > Fiction. Middle class families > Italy > Fiction. Married women > Italy > Social conditions > 20th century > Fiction. Italy > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction. Domestic fiction.
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Summary:	"In this modern translation and exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife, Valeria Cossati, living in postwar Rome"--
Physical Description:	259 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781662601392 1662601395 9781662602689
Author Notes:	Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997) was a bestselling Italian-Cuban feminist writer greatly influenced by the cultural developments that led to and resulted from World War II. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy. Two of her novels were also banned-- Nessuno Torna Indietro (1938) and La Fuga (1940). In 1943, she was again imprisoned for her assistance with Radio Partigiana in Bari, where she was a Resistance radio personality known as Clorinda. After the war, she moved to Paris, where she lived until her death in 1997.