In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri; Ann Goldstein (Translator)Call Number: PS3562.A316 Z46 2016
ISBN: 9781101875551
Publication Date: 2016-02-09
At heart, this is 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 afterward, true mastery always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for "a trial by fire, a sort of baptism" into a new language and world.