Elizabeth Graver Kantika

a novel

"A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—'song' in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way—a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood. Moving from Spain to Cuba to New York for an arranged...

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Engels | 287 pagina's | Henry Holt and Company, New York | 2024

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