Synopsis
A collection of short stories set in and around Rome from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies.
'Stimulating, elegant, distinctive and thought-provoking' – The Sunday Times
In these short stories 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...
Details
30 May 2024224 pages
9781035017577Imprint: 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
