Jhumpa lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri, a prize-winning novelist in English, now writes in Italian.

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Freshly translated from Italian by Todd Portnowitz and Lahiri herself, Roman Stories is an anthology about belonging, memory and hope in the changing tides of the modern city.

In “Whereabouts,” an unnamed narrator in an unnamed Italian city mulls a contemplative existence devoid of intimate human contact.

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In an unusual literary and linguistic feat, the Pulitzer-winning author of “Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Namesake” wrote her latest novel, “Whereabouts,” in Italian and translated it to English.

Cressida Leyshon talks to the writer and translator Jhumpa Lahiri about “The Boundary,” Lahiri’s short story in the most recent issue of the magazine.

A decade ago, the Pulitzer-winning author threw herself into mastering Italian. She talks about her love for Rome, translating Italy’s ‘finest living writer’ and rewriting her own work in English

The novel is written in a series of short vignettes.