But stars filled the sky, the Milky Way was hurled like a scarf across that bright swarm.
#sundaysentence
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
#sundaysentence
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
December 22, 2024 at 10:53 AM
But stars filled the sky, the Milky Way was hurled like a scarf across that bright swarm.
#sundaysentence
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
#sundaysentence
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
Jag sträckläste Förbjuden skrivbok av Alba de Céspedes. Otroligt (och lite sorgligt) att en bok om en hemmafru på femtiotalet kan kännas så relaterbar. Rekommenderas starkt. #svenskabooksky #albadecespedes #översättning #johannahedenberg
#norstedts
#norstedts
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Jag sträckläste Förbjuden skrivbok av Alba de Céspedes. Otroligt (och lite sorgligt) att en bok om en hemmafru på femtiotalet kan kännas så relaterbar. Rekommenderas starkt. #svenskabooksky #albadecespedes #översättning #johannahedenberg
#norstedts
#norstedts
Read for #WITMonth the excellent #AlbadeCespedes debut (1938)'There's No Turning Back', banned by the Italian govt for offending 'fascist morality' articulating the thoughts & considerations of tertiary educated women contemplating their next step not blindly accepting homemaker, childbearer roles.
August 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Read for #WITMonth the excellent #AlbadeCespedes debut (1938)'There's No Turning Back', banned by the Italian govt for offending 'fascist morality' articulating the thoughts & considerations of tertiary educated women contemplating their next step not blindly accepting homemaker, childbearer roles.
Also new in paperback, FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK by Alba de Cespedes (tr. Ann Goldstein), my book of the year in 2023.
I adored this Italian gem from the 1950s, an exquisitely written confessional by a woman writing her way into existence. #MothersDay
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I adored this Italian gem from the 1950s, an exquisitely written confessional by a woman writing her way into existence. #MothersDay
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Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes (tr. Ann Goldstein)
Published in Italy in 1952 and freshly translated here by Ann Goldstein, Forbidden Notebook is a remarkable rediscovered gem of Italian literature, a candid, exquisitely-written confessional from an e...
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March 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Emilio Ronchini, Portrait de l'écrivaine italienne Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (1957), photographie monochrome.
#albadecespedes
#albadecespedes
March 27, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Emilio Ronchini, Portrait de l'écrivaine italienne Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (1957), photographie monochrome.
#albadecespedes
#albadecespedes
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
#AnnGoldstein, translator
Even a maid who works all day without stopping says, 'Good night,’ and has the right to shut herself in a room, in a pantry. I'd be content with a pantry.
#WITMonth
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
#AnnGoldstein, translator
Even a maid who works all day without stopping says, 'Good night,’ and has the right to shut herself in a room, in a pantry. I'd be content with a pantry.
August 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
#AnnGoldstein, translator
Even a maid who works all day without stopping says, 'Good night,’ and has the right to shut herself in a room, in a pantry. I'd be content with a pantry.
#WITMonth
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
#AnnGoldstein, translator
Even a maid who works all day without stopping says, 'Good night,’ and has the right to shut herself in a room, in a pantry. I'd be content with a pantry.
#TheForbiddenNotebook
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
They all…..began laughing at the idea that I might keep a diary. “What would you write, mamma?”said Michele.…
Suddenly, I burst into tears. I didn't understand what was wrong with me, except a great weariness....
#booksky
#TheWriteWomen
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
They all…..began laughing at the idea that I might keep a diary. “What would you write, mamma?”said Michele.…
Suddenly, I burst into tears. I didn't understand what was wrong with me, except a great weariness....
#booksky
#TheWriteWomen
March 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#TheForbiddenNotebook
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
They all…..began laughing at the idea that I might keep a diary. “What would you write, mamma?”said Michele.…
Suddenly, I burst into tears. I didn't understand what was wrong with me, except a great weariness....
#booksky
#TheWriteWomen
#ForbiddenNotebook
#AlbadeCéspedes
They all…..began laughing at the idea that I might keep a diary. “What would you write, mamma?”said Michele.…
Suddenly, I burst into tears. I didn't understand what was wrong with me, except a great weariness....
#booksky
#TheWriteWomen
« The book was immediately and immensely popular, but, not surprisingly, the authorities found the novel’s breaking of female stereotypes and suggestion of other possible pathways for women offensive. » lithub.com/antifascist-...
#albadecespedes
#albadecespedes
Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back
Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back was published in 1938. She had previously published story collections, a book of poems, and a short novel, and had written for various newspapers and jour…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
« The book was immediately and immensely popular, but, not surprisingly, the authorities found the novel’s breaking of female stereotypes and suggestion of other possible pathways for women offensive. » lithub.com/antifascist-...
#albadecespedes
#albadecespedes
Exactly, I could have gone with any of the three novels by #albadecespedes I've read, but this is the one I've talked about most because it was so intense and such a unique reading experience. And the least mentioned in book circles.
July 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Exactly, I could have gone with any of the three novels by #albadecespedes I've read, but this is the one I've talked about most because it was so intense and such a unique reading experience. And the least mentioned in book circles.
Her Side of the Story by #albadecespedes
is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.
An intense, page-turner
#witmonth
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is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.
An intense, page-turner
#witmonth
clairemcalpine.com/2024/09/13/h...
Her Side of the Story by Alba de Céspedes tr. Jill Foulston
Stunning. I thought The Forbidden Notebook which I read in 2023 was excellent, but this novel is in a category of its own. This is probably the title in 2024 I was looking forward to the most and i…
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August 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Her Side of the Story by #albadecespedes
is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.
An intense, page-turner
#witmonth
clairemcalpine.com/2024/09/13/h...
is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.
An intense, page-turner
#witmonth
clairemcalpine.com/2024/09/13/h...
theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/t...
A classic feminist novel set in fascist Italy
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
A classic feminist novel set in fascist Italy
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
There’s No Turning Back by Alba De Cespedes
Ephemeral, fortuitous living together wasn’t enough to form a community. from There’s No Turning Back by Alba De Céspedes In 1930s Rome, female students living in the Grimaldi dorm are …
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February 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A classic feminist novel set in fascist Italy
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
A classic feminist novel set in fascist Italy
#theresnoturningback
#albadecespedes
#washingtonsquarepress
My vlog review of THERE'S NO TURNING BACK by Alba de Cespedes, an unsparing look at the circumscribed lives of young women in 1930s Italy.
#Italian #italianfiction #albadecespedes
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#Italian #italianfiction #albadecespedes
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There's No Turning Back (1938) by Alba de Cespedes: Unsparing look at young women's lives in Italy.
YouTube video by Reading with Intent
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October 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My vlog review of THERE'S NO TURNING BACK by Alba de Cespedes, an unsparing look at the circumscribed lives of young women in 1930s Italy.
#Italian #italianfiction #albadecespedes
youtu.be/vDGZAJ_yYyI?...
#Italian #italianfiction #albadecespedes
youtu.be/vDGZAJ_yYyI?...
BARBARA BELLANI
Scrittura d'autrice. Il Quaderno proibito di Alba De Cespedes
#CASERTA - Il Quaderno proibito di #AlbaDeCéspedes . Q … Se il #Social non permette l'accesso diretto al #giornale , utilizzare il #link in #BIO . cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/scri... #casoria #afragola #macchiagodena
Scrittura d'autrice. Il Quaderno proibito di Alba De Cespedes
#CASERTA - Il Quaderno proibito di #AlbaDeCéspedes . Q … Se il #Social non permette l'accesso diretto al #giornale , utilizzare il #link in #BIO . cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/scri... #casoria #afragola #macchiagodena
Scrittura d'autrice. Il Quaderno proibito di Alba De Céspedes
Le parole riempiono i fogli bianchi. I romanzi Nessuno torna indietro e Dalla parte di lei
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April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BARBARA BELLANI
Scrittura d'autrice. Il Quaderno proibito di Alba De Cespedes
#CASERTA - Il Quaderno proibito di #AlbaDeCéspedes . Q … Se il #Social non permette l'accesso diretto al #giornale , utilizzare il #link in #BIO . cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/scri... #casoria #afragola #macchiagodena
Scrittura d'autrice. Il Quaderno proibito di Alba De Cespedes
#CASERTA - Il Quaderno proibito di #AlbaDeCéspedes . Q … Se il #Social non permette l'accesso diretto al #giornale , utilizzare il #link in #BIO . cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/scri... #casoria #afragola #macchiagodena
Coolluga bakar misiniz? #albadecespedes
July 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Coolluga bakar misiniz? #albadecespedes