| Keeping House: A Novel in Recipes Contributor(s): Sereni, Clara (Author), Jeffries, Giovanna Miceli (Translator), Briziarelli, Susan (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0791464806 ISBN-13: 9780791464809 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 8.94" (0.51 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part autobiographical novel and part cookbook, Keeping House tells the story of a young Italian woman struggling to find self-definition and self-identity. Born into a prominent Jewish Italian family full of strong personalities and colorful figures, Clara narrates the humorous, dramatic, and often poignant events that inform her life. Intertwining recipes with her narrative, Clara uses food as markers for the cornerstones of her life, allowing her to discover and remember both public and private events--a Yom Kippur dinner, fascism and antifascism, the early years of the young Italian republic, the politics and culture of the Italian left, the openness of the 1960s and '70s, and the retreat into privacy of the 1980s. |