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020			_a9781782279563 (PB)
041			_aeng
080			_a82-3 _bDEC
100			_ade Cespedes, Alba
245			_aForbidden Notebook
260			_bPushkin Press _c2023 _aLondon
300			_a259p.
520			_aOut running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in secret, recording her concerns about her daughter, fears her husband will discover her new habit and the constant churn of the domestic routine. With each entry Valeria plunges deeper into her interior life, uncovering profound dissatisfaction and restlessness. As she finds her own voice, the roles that have come to define her-as wife, as mother, as daughter-begin to break apart. Forbidden Notebook is a rediscovered jewel of Italian literature, published here in a new translation by the celebrated Ann Goldstein and with a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri. A captivating feminist classic, it is an intimate, haunting story of domestic discontent in post-war Rome, and of one woman's awakening to her true thoughts and desires. "In this modern translation and exquisitely crafted portrayal of domestic life, Forbidden Notebook centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife, Valeria Cossati, living in postwar Rome.
650			_aDiaries -- Authorship -- Fiction
650			_aMiddle class families -- Italy -- Fiction
690			_aGeneral
700			_aLahiri, Jhumpa
700			_aGoldstein, Ann (Translator)
942			_cBK
999			_c60369 _d60369