There's No Turning Back

There’s No Turning Back is a coming-of-age novel that is as relevant today as it was nearly ninety years ago. It centers on eight women with radically different backgrounds who attend the same college in Rome. Some are there to study, others to escape a scandal or keep a secret, and during their time there they experience the challenges of love, work, and emancipation.

Considered experimental and revolutionary at the time, the novel established Alba de Céspedes as an important voice in women’s literature. Translated by Ann Goldstein.

Endorsements

“boundary-breaking” — LitHub

“one of Italy’s most cosmopolitan, incendiary, insightful, and overlooked writers” — Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner

“an important place in the canon of women’s literature” — Chicago Review of Books