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.
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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
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#Italian #italianfiction #albadecespedes
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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is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.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is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.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is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.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is a powerful, intimate & insightful exploration of the female psyche, of the desire to be and do more than meet outdated representations of women in families, society & relationships.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...
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.
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
#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
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
« 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
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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
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
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
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
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
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/f...
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