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Mar 8, 2023 · The 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook, by Cuban-Italian author Alba de Céspedes, reveals secret diary entries that give an insight to thoughts rarely expressed, writes Clare Thorp.
Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cuban feminist writer Alba de Céspedes, whose work inspired contemporary writers like Elena Ferrante. In this modern translation by acclaimed Elena Ferrante translator Ann Goldstein, Forbidden Notebook centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife living in postwar Rome.
Jan 13, 2023 · Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (1911-97) was born in Rome, the daughter of a Cuban diplomat and his Italian wife. Her grandfather helped lead Cuba’s fight for independence and served as its first...
Oct 9, 2024 · The first volume of The Second Sex was published in June 1949, and in August of that same year, the Cuban Italian novelist Alba de Céspedes published Her Side of the Story, a work propelled by a ...
Nov 14, 1997 · Alba de Céspedes y Bertini was a Cuban-Italian writer. Ms. de Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a President of Cuba) and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri. Her grandfather was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and a distant cousin was Perucho Figueredo.
May 23, 2024 · In Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, a dissatisfied Italian everywoman starts keeping a diary, and eventually her own thoughts become too much to bear.
Alba de Céspedes has 19 books on Goodreads with 48104 ratings. Alba de Céspedes’s most popular book is Forbidden Notebook.
