In Other Words

In Other Words

<b>National Best Seller</b><br><br>From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut€"an €œhonest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.€ €"<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred)<br>  <br> <i>In Other Words </i>is a revelation. It is at heart 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. <br><br>Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for €œa trial by fire, a sort of baptism€ into a new language and world. There, she begins to read, and to write€"initially in her journal€"solely in Italian. <i>In Other Words,</i> an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. <br><br>Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.