In Other Words: A Memoir [Paperback]

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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 Wordsis 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.“Gorgeous. . . . Lahiri gives us the most unusual of self-portraits.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Exquisite. . . . Strikingly honest, lyrical, untouched by sentimentality. . . . The most evocative, unpretentious, astute account of a writing life I have read.” —Howard Norman,The Washington Post
 
“As much a work of poetry as prose. . . . Beautiful.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
“Magnificent. . . . [In Other Words] puts one in the company of a beautiful mind engaged in a sustained and bracing discipline.” —Los Angeles Times

“Urgent and raw.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
 
“In Lahiri’s hands, these essays and stories become an invaluable insight into the craft of writing not as storytelling but as speaking the self into existence.” —San Francisco Chronicle
 
“A quiet coming of age. . . . Lahiri is a master of language.” —TimeJhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland; and a work of nonfiction, In Other Words. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the PEN/Malamud Award; the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Awardl³|