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ⓘ About Alba de Céspedes
Alba was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a Cuban ambassador to Italy) and Laura Bertini y Alessandri, his Italian wife. A distant cousin of hers was Perucho Figueredo and her grandpa was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who is the father of the nation of Cuba. She worked as a journalist during the 1930s for Epoca, Piccolo, and La Stampa. She wrote her first novel in 1935, called “L’Anima Degli Altri”. Her fiction writing was influenced greatly by the cultural developments which lead to and resulted from World War II. In her writing, Alba instills her female characters with subjectivity. Her work features a recurring motif of women judging the rightness and wrongness of their actions. She was jailed for her anti-fascist activities in Italy in 1935.
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Who is Alba de Céspedes?
Alba was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a Cuban ambassador to Italy) and Laura Bertini y Alessandri, his Italian wife. A distant cousin of hers was Perucho Figueredo and her grandpa was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who is the father of the nation of Cuba. She worked as a journalist during the 1930s for Epoca, Piccolo, and La Stampa.
Which Alba de Céspedes series should I start with?
Alba de Céspedes's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is There's No Turning Back (1938).
How many books has Alba de Céspedes written?
Alba de Céspedes has 3 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1938 and 1952. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Alba de Céspedes's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 3 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Alba de Céspedes's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alba de Céspedes's 3 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books).