{"product_id":"kantika-hardcover","title":"Kantika - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Graver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, \u003ci\u003eKantika\u003c\/i\u003e--\"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring identity, place and exile, \u003ci\u003eKantika\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Graver\u003c\/b\u003e's fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Point\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award and selected as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. Her other novels are \u003ci\u003eAwake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnravelling\u003c\/i\u003e. Her story collection, \u003ci\u003eHave You Seen Me?\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories, the O. Henry Awards. \u003c\/i\u003eShe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eteaches at Boston College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.44 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253238907129,"sku":"9781250869845","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NHhnYWFkUlBUbkJRaElSaFpDNW5tQT09.webp?v=1768699739","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kantika-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}