Na njenoj strani

Na njenoj strani

Alba de Cespedes

The classic of Italian literature, On Her Side (1949), is a novel about the deep psychological crisis of a young woman in fascist Italy, written in the form of a diary that reveals traumatic layers of the past and present.

Céspedes, a Cuban-Italian writer (1911–1997), masterfully explores the situation of women, love, motherhood, and the struggle for identity in a patriarchal society. Alessandra Corteggiani, a 29-year-old wife and mother, writes a secret diary in Rome in the 1940s, faced with the emotional emptiness of her marriage to Francesco Minella, an idealistic anti-fascist professor.

She recounts her childhood in flashbacks: her mother dies young, her father is cold, and she flees to her grandmother Nonna’s farm, where she learns about traditional gender roles. In her youth, she meets Francesco – a passionate love that leads to marriage – but the idealized relationship disintegrates into routine: Francesco becomes absent-minded, obsessed with politics, while Alessandra suffers from jealousy, loneliness, and loss of self. The diary becomes cathartic: it reveals infidelity, a mother’s love for her son, and a desire for freedom, highlighting how fascism stifles not only political but also intimate life.

Original title
Dalla parte di lei
Translation
Ruža Wessel, Ante Rojnić
Editor
Novak Simić
Graphics design
Fedor Vaić
Dimensions
20 x 14 cm
Pages
592
Publisher
Zora, Zagreb, 1961.
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

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