Roman Stories

''Stimulating, elegant, distinctive and thought-provoking'' The 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, 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 of himself. A couple haunted by a tragic loss return to seek consolation. An outsider family is pushed out of the block in which they hoped to settle. A set of steps in a Roman neighbourhood connects the daily lives of the city''s myriad inhabitants. This is an evocative fresco of Rome, the most alluring character of all: contradictory, in constant transformation and a home to those who know they can''t fully belong but choose it anyway. Rich with Lahiri''s signature gifts, Roman Stories is a masterful work from one of the finest writers of our time. Translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz

Product details

• Authors: Jhumpa Lahiri
• Assisted by: Jhumpa Lahiri (Translation), Todd Portnowitz (Translation)
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 13.06.2024
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781035017577
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3501757-7
• Pages: 224
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.6 x 1.4 cm
• Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, Translation, Immigrant, Rome, Fiction in translation, 21st Century, Italy, Home, Search for meaning, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, FICTION / World Literature / Italy, adrift, contemporary Italian fiction