Kantika : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, [2023].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
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Status
John & Judy Gay Library - Adult Fiction
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F GRA
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Arranged marriage -- Fiction.
Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Cohen family -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Customs and practices -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
Religious fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Sephardim -- Fiction.
Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Cohen family -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Customs and practices -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
Religious fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Sephardim -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, [2023].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"All photographs courtesy of the author from her family archives, with the exception of the two photographs on page 124, which are reprinted with permission of the National Center for Jewish Film. Page 288 photograph by Jack Levy."--Colophon
Description
"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 second marriage, she faces her greatest challenge-her disabled stepdaughter, Luna, whose feistiness equals her own and whose challenges pit new family against old. Exploring identity, place and exile, Kantika also reveals how the female body-in work, art and love-serves as a site of both suffering and joy. A haunting, inspiring meditation on the tenacity of women, this lush, lyrical novel from Elizabeth Graver celebrates the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one's one and only life"--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Graver, E. (2023). Kantika: a novel (First edition.). Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Graver, Elizabeth, 1964-. 2023. Kantika: A Novel. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Graver, Elizabeth, 1964-. Kantika: A Novel Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Graver, Elizabeth. Kantika: A Novel First edition., Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2023.
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