Forbidden Notebook
Valeria Cossati never suspected how unhappy she had become with the shabby gentility of her bourgeois life—until she begins to jot down her thoughts and feelings in a little black book she keeps hidden in a closet. This new secret activity leads her to scrutinize herself and her life more closely, and she soon realizes that her individuality is being stifled by her devotion and sense of duty toward her husband, daughter, and son. As the conflicts between parents and children, husband and wife, and friends and lovers intensify, what goes on behind the Cossatis' facade of middle-class respectability gradually comes to light, tearing the family's fragile fabric apart. An exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook recognizes the universality of human aspirations.
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Forbidden Notebook
Valeria Cossati never suspected how unhappy she had become with the shabby gentility of her bourgeois life—until she begins to jot down her thoughts and feelings in a little black book she keeps hidden in a closet. This new secret activity leads her to scrutinize herself and her life more closely, and she soon realizes that her individuality is being stifled by her devotion and sense of duty toward her husband, daughter, and son. As the conflicts between parents and children, husband and wife, and friends and lovers intensify, what goes on behind the Cossatis' facade of middle-class respectability gradually comes to light, tearing the family's fragile fabric apart. An exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook recognizes the universality of human aspirations.
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Forbidden Notebook

Forbidden Notebook

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Valeria Cossati never suspected how unhappy she had become with the shabby gentility of her bourgeois life—until she begins to jot down her thoughts and feelings in a little black book she keeps hidden in a closet. This new secret activity leads her to scrutinize herself and her life more closely, and she soon realizes that her individuality is being stifled by her devotion and sense of duty toward her husband, daughter, and son. As the conflicts between parents and children, husband and wife, and friends and lovers intensify, what goes on behind the Cossatis' facade of middle-class respectability gradually comes to light, tearing the family's fragile fabric apart. An exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook recognizes the universality of human aspirations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789601687834
Publisher: S. Patakis
Publication date: 02/02/2024
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 586 KB
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

About the Author

Η Άλμπα ντε Σέσπεντες (Ρώμη 1911-Παρίσι 1997), κόρη του πρεσβευτή της Κούβας στην Ιταλία, μεγάλωσε σε μια οικογένεια πολύγλωσση, μορφωμένη και προοδευτική. Πρωτοεμφανίστηκε το 1935 με τo L'anima degli altri. Ακολούθησαν τα μυθιστορήματα Nessuno torna indietro (1938), Dalla parte di lei (1949), Απαγορευμένο τετράδιο (1952, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2023), La bambolona (1967) και Nel buio della notte (1976). Προσχωρώντας στους παρτιζάνους, ίδρυσε το 1944 το περιοδικό Mercurio· μετά τον πόλεμο αφοσιώθηκε στη συγγραφή έργων για τον κινηματογράφο, το θέατρο, το ραδιόφωνο και την τηλεόραση. Το 1980, το Απαγορευμένο τετράδιο γυρίστηκε για λογαριασμό της κρατικής ιταλικής τηλεόρασης σε μίνι σειρά τεσσάρων επεισοδίων με πρωταγωνίστρια τη Λέα Μασσάρι.
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