{"product_id":"kantika-9781250869838","title":"Kantika","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250869838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Elizabeth Graver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643998240949,"sku":"9781250869838","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_66428f6b-5554-4922-b4ce-1a92f08fa4cd.jpg?v=1708445680","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kantika-9781250869838","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}