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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.
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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