1952

The year of 1952 CE.

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Forbidden Notebook

Alba De Céspedes
Contemporary Cuban-Italian Literature

Forbidden Notebook is a testament to repeating patterns that keep women down and prevent them from being who they truly want to be or even seeing themselves as people at all.

Paris Vagabond

Jean-Paul Clébert
Contemporary French Memoir Short Story

Clébert doesn’t shy away from any part of his experiences, no matter how ugly, but he also paints a portrait of community and belonging among those that traditionally do not belong.

Crime Novels American Noir of the 1950s

Charles Willeford, Chester Himes, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith
Contemporary American Crime Noir

Here we are moving away from looming dread of war and toward the disillusionment of what was waiting for those that returned from overseas.