Discover the “boundary-breaking” (LitHub) debut novel by the beloved feminist author of the “brilliant” (The Wall Street Journal) Forbidden Notebook and the “courageous” (The Washington Post) Her Side of the Story that was so subversive, it was banned by the Italian Fascist regime when it was first...
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
“Powerful.” —The New Yorker
“Brilliant.” —The Wall Street Journal
"Astounding." —NPR
“Forceful, clear and morally engaged.” —The Washington Post
“Subversive.” —The New York Times Book Review
"An exquisite, tormented howl." —The Financial Times
"Quick, propulsive...
Discover the “boundary-breaking” (LitHub) debut novel by the beloved feminist author of the “brilliant” (The Wall Street Journal) Forbidden Notebook and the “courageous” (The Washington Post) Her Side of the Story that was so subversive, it was banned by the Italian Fascist regime when it was first...
Read More about There's No Turning Back: A NovelA rediscovered classic from 1935, the Cuban-Italian author’s debut collection of 18 stories brings to life the final years of a bygone world.
Convinced that he shares a destiny with the doomed protagonist of a serialized novel, a man begs its author to change the ending.
A 15-year-old boy experiences...
Valeria Cossati vive sofocada por las convenciones sociales de la Italia de los a os cincuenta, atrapada entre sus roles de esposa y madre. Presa de un impulso inexplicable, compra un peque o cuaderno en el que anota sus reflexiones y donde comienza a revelarse lo insatisfactorio de su vida burguesa...
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“A courageous novel, beautifully imagined and written.”
—Elena Lappin, The Washington Post
"De Cespedes' work has lost none of its subversive force”
—The New York Times Book Review
* "De Céspedes’s melancholy testament to a hidden life feels timeless and vital."
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
“Powerful.” —The New Yorker
“Brilliant.” —The Wall Street Journal
"Astounding." —NPR
“Forceful, clear and morally engaged.” —The Washington Post
“Subversive.” —The New York Times Book Review
"An exquisite, tormented howl." —The Financial Times
"Quick, propulsive...
