{"product_id":"kantika-9781250869845","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Graver\u003c\/b\u003e's fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Point\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award and selected as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. Her other novels are \u003ci\u003eAwake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnravelling\u003c\/i\u003e. Her story collection, \u003ci\u003eHave You Seen Me?\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories, the O. Henry Awards. \u003c\/i\u003eShe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eteaches at Boston College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591491129618,"sku":"9781250869845","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81dd4187-b137-477f-a438-1a370db37ccb.jpg?v=1732091976","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kantika-9781250869845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}