In other words / Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
"In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florenc...
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| Language: | English Italian |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2017.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterwards, true mastery had always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decided to move to Rome with her family, for 'a trial by fire, a sort of baptism' into a new language and world. There, she began to read and to write – initially in her journal – solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 2015 in Italy as In altre parole by Guanda, Milan"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 233 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 1408866137 9781408866139 |