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Roman stories / Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by the author with Todd Portnowitz.

Lahiri, Jhumpa, (author,, translator.). Portnowitz, Todd, 1986- (translator.).

Summary:

"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"-- Provided by publisher.

Rome--metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical--is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine the first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth, and a major literary event. In "The Boundary," one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretaker's daughter, who nurses a wound from her family's immigrant past. In "P's Parties," a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friend's yearly birthday gathering--until the husband crosses a line. And in "The Steps," on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italy's capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593536322
ISBN: 0593536320
Physical Description: 204 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in hardcover in Italy by Guanda in 2022.
Formatted Contents Note:	The boundary -- The re-entry -- P's parties -- Well-lit house -- The steps -- The delivery -- The procession -- Notes -- Dante Alighieri.