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About Jhumpa Lahiri
British-American author
Jhumpa Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays. She writes in English and, more recently, in Italian. Her work spans fiction and nonfiction, and she is especially associated with concise, carefully observed prose. Alongside her English-language writing, she has also published in Italian, broadening the language of her literary work.
More from Jhumpa Lahiri (157 quotes) →Other sayings from Jhumpa Lahiri
- “I don't tackle major global events. I don't like to read about something - an event, a cataclysm - in fiction…”Jhumpa Lahiri
- “In Italy, where I live now, I have put some distance between myself and the world that has formed me.”Jhumpa Lahiri
- “I have two passports because I have to have at least one, and I really don't know how I define myself. And I…”Jhumpa Lahiri
- “I think that a writer should observe the real world before imagining a non-existent one.”Jhumpa Lahiri
Existence: more sayings
- “It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagan…”Hans Urs von Balthasar
- “Perfection is, however, not to be sought in the future, as we are fully capable of experiencing it here and n…”Frank Wanderer
- “Human existence is a penal colony; a sexually transmitted disease; a disappointment; nothing but suffering; “…”Colin Feltham
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Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies
2000
El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca)
2005
The Lowland
2014
Unaccustomed Earth
2008
Dove mi trovo
2021