Roman Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Pub Date 12 Oct 2023 | Archive Date 12 Oct 2023
Pan Macmillan | Picador
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Description
A collection of short stories set in and around Rome from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies.
'Stimulating, elengant, distinctive and thought-provoking' – Sunday Times
In these short stories Jhumpa Lahiri sets her gaze on the eternally beautiful city of Rome, illuminating the frailties of the human condition and dissecting lives lived on the margins.
A man recalls a summer party that awakens an alternative version of himself. A couple haunted by a tragic loss return to seek consolation. An outsider family is pushed out of the block in which they hoped to settle. A set of steps in a Roman neighbourhood connects the daily lives of the city’s myriad inhabitants.
This is an evocative fresco of Rome, the most alluring character of all: contradictory, in constant transformation and a home to those who know they can’t fully belong but choose it anyway.
Rich with Lahiri’s signature gifts, Roman Stories is a masterful work from one of the finest writers of our time.
Translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781035017553 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 224 |
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Featured Reviews
Sierra S, Bookseller
As a long-time Lahiri fan it’s always a warm welcome to come back to her writing. This book of stories is just as captivating and intensely readable as her other work. I was intrigued by this collection since I heard that she moved to Italy to soak up the language and the culture and taught herself to write in Italian. Now she takes Rome, and turns it into a character as well as an expansive setting for her new book. Highly recommend to all lovers of literature.
Librarian 431790
It's the first Jhumpa Lahiri work I read and didn't know what to expect as a book featuring Rome can also be a sort of tourist guide with a plot.
It excedeed my expectations as there's Rome, there's emotion, stories, people and an excellent storytelling that kept all part together and made me love what I read.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine
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