Forbidden notebook
De Céspedes, Alba, 1911-19972024
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Out running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. She keeps a diary in secret, recording her worries about her children, fears her husband will find her up late writing and the constant churn of the domestic routine. With each entry she plunges deeper into her interior life, and the roles that have come to define her - as wife, as mother, as daughter - begin to break apart.
Main title:
Forbidden notebook / Alba de Céspedes ; translated by Ann Goldstein ; foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Author:
De Céspedes, Alba, 1911-1997, authorGoldstein, Ann, 1949-, translatorLahiri, Jhumpa, writer of supplementary textual content
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2024.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781782278221 (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.914
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
3756751