Alba de Céspedes’ 1938 bestseller, once banned by Fascist censors in Italy, There’s No Turning Back, follows the lives of eight young woman living at the Grimaldi, a convent/boardinghouse in Rome. The novel is the third work by de Céspedes to be translated into English in recent years, a real renaissance for this revolutionary author… Continue reading There’s No Turning Back by Alba de Céspedes
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Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes
In 2021, the first English translation was published of The Copenhagen Trilogy, a series of memoirs by the prolific Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen. The book became a major bestseller and introduced English speaking readers to an incredible talent, whose work was still deeply resonant decades beyond her tragic death. This month, English speaking readers have… Continue reading Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Maríana Enriquez
Maríana Enriquez’s story collection, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, published in Argentina in 2009 but translated into English in 2020, leans into the macabre and imbues the horror genre with cultural specificity. Most of the stories are set in or around Buenos Aires, and many involve both spiritual phenomenon like local folklore and Afro-Brazilian… Continue reading The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Maríana Enriquez