From the Pulitzer Prize winner, a surprising, powerful, and eloquent nonfiction debut
In Other Words is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a pas...
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Number of Pages: 233
ISBN: 1101875550
ISBN-13: 9781101875551
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Nikki VanRy @NikkiVanRy
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Jul 28, 2017
“On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in her adopted tongue. A startling act of self-reflection, In Other Words is Lahiri’s meditation on the process of learning to express herself in another language—and the stunning journey of a writer seeking a new voice.”