Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri
Translated by Jhumpa Lahiri & Todd Portnowitz
12 October 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'Stimulating, elengant, distinctive and thought-provoking' Sunday Times
From the internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies comes an exquisitely crafted work of fiction. 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...
Details
12 October 2023224 pages
9781035017553Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Lahiri [works] over her themes with a precise and controlling intellect . . . These stories are stimulating, elengant, distinctive and thought-provokingSunday Times
A writer of formidable powers and great depth of feelingThe Observer
One of the most interesting American writers at work todayThe Sunday Times
Lahiri steps back from the action, gets out of the way, so the people and things in her stories can exist the way real things do: richly, ambiguously, without explanation.Time
