{"product_id":"hidden-path-9780997228786","title":"Hidden Path","description":"Set in early twentieth-century Spain, \u003ci\u003eHidden Path\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of a woman painter who struggles to find her way with art and with the women she loved. The novel is narrated in the first-person, following Mar a Luisa as she reflects on her life from the turn of the twentieth century through the outset of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939). She recalls growing from an imaginative tomboy into a docile wife and mother before claiming her independence as a portrait painter in Madrid's bohemian and queer circles. Along the way, she introduces us to a lively cast of characters who both hinder and encourage her efforts to blaze her own path. The poetic and sensuous language of Mar a Luisa's private reveries comingles with agile dialogue as the protagonist leads us through her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Best known in Spain as a writer of children's literature, Elena Fort n left this manuscript unpublished at the time of her death in 1952, as its semi-autobiographical content risked provoking homophobic backlash under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The first Spanish edition appeared in 2016 and was hailed as Fort n's adult masterpiece, a previously unknown complement to her children's saga \u003ci\u003eCelia and Her World\u003c\/i\u003e. This edition, with Jeffrey Zamostny's sensitive and nuanced translation, marks the novel's first time appearing in any language aside from Spanish; it is also the first of Fort n's works to appear in English. With an insightful foreword by scholar Nuria Capdevila-Arg elles, this volume will be an influential contribution to women's studies, LGBT histories, and Spanish literature and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swan Isle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997228786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Elena Fort\u0026#250;n","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027713249461,"sku":"9780997228786","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_49ca4485-8339-40d2-8b7a-2830c0095dce.jpg?v=1609193578","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hidden-path-9780997228786","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}