Jhumpa Lahiri, an American writer born to Bengali parents, moves to Rome and decides to write in Italian instead of English, which she has been learning for years. The book, written in Italian itself, describes her love for the language, her struggle with it, and what it means to write in a new language that is not her mother tongue. She reflects on exile, identity and the freedom of writing without a past. The book includes short stories at the end, with a dictionary-like attitude to words.
Language learners, writers and anyone interested in how identity connects to a language will find it relevant. It is also a short entry for Italian readers.
Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Mindful Reader. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Guanda
- ISBN
- 9788823510128
- Language
- IT
