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Alba de Céspedes

Born

in Rome, Italy

March 11, 1911

Died

November 14, 1997

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Alba de Céspedes y Bertini was a Cuban-Italian writer.

Ms. de Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a President of Cuba) and his Italian wife, Laura Bertini y Alessandri. Her grandfather was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and a distant cousin was Perucho Figueredo. She was married to Francesco Bounous of the Italian foreign service

Ms. de Céspedes worked as a journalist in the 1930s for Piccolo, Epoca, and La Stampa. In 1935, she wrote her first novel, L’Anima Degli Altri. In 1935, she was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy. Two of her novels were also banned (Nessuno Torna Indietro (1938) and La Fuga (1940)). In 1943, she was again imprisoned for her assistance with Radio Partigiana in Bari. After the war ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 31,164 ratings · 4,256 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, Ann Goldstein (Translator), Jhumpa Lahiri (Foreword) 4.26 avg rating — 21,558 ratings — published 1952 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Side of the Story by Alba de Céspedes, Jill Foulston (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 3,763 ratings — published 1949 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's No Turning Back 3.91 avg rating — 2,329 ratings — published 1938 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antes e depois 3.89 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 1955	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عروسک فرنگی by Alba de Céspedes, بهمن فرزانه (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 1967 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عذاب وجدان by Alba de Céspedes, بهمن فرزانه (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 1967 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	از طرف او by Alba de Céspedes, بهمن فرزانه (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 431 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le ragazze di maggio 3.93 avg rating — 213 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تازه عروس by Alba de Céspedes, بهمن فرزانه (Translator) 3.21 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 1955 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'anima degli altri 3.97 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1935 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“فقط یک بار پس از خواندن یک رمان عشقی، خواهرش گفته بود:"لابد عشق چیز قشنگی است" و خود اضافه کرده بود:"آره، حتما چیز قشنگی است”
― آلبا د سس پدسس

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“Siamo sempre inclini a dimenticare ciò che
abbiamo detto o fatto nel passato, anche per non avere il tremendo obbligo di rimanervi fedeli. Mi pare che altrimenti tutti dovremmo scoprirci pieni di errori, e, soprattutto, di contraddizioni, tra quello che ci siamo proposti di fare e quello che abbiamo fatto, tra quello che avremmo desiderato di essere e quello che ci siamo accontentati di essere in realtà.

[Quaderno proibito]”
― Alba de Céspedes

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“It's that hope for happiness that consumes a woman day after day, destroys her.”
― Alba de Céspedes, Forbidden Notebook

tags: pg-198, woman-destroyed

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