{"product_id":"books-kantika-by-elizabeth-graver","title":"Kantika","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Jewish Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMassachusetts Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Point\u003c\/i\u003e comes a dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exploring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669492719889,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781250869838.jpg?v=1781508800","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-kantika-by-elizabeth-graver","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}