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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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- “I love Rome. I'm very happy there. I wasn't in New York.”Jhumpa Lahiri
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- “I feel my writing comes from a desire to... well, it's motivated by many things, but it's inherently a contra…”Jhumpa Lahiri
- “I write about characters that interest me. And I don't think of my books as being forms of entertainment.”Jhumpa Lahiri
Italian Sayings: more sayings
- “The Italian culture and values have significantly shaped who I am, and I would never intentionally demean or…”Tim Ryan
- “Coming from an Italian family, my parents had supermarkets and they said I had to take over as any son should…”Adriano Zumbo
- “I became a playwright and screenwriter. Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked the way they…”John Patrick Shanley
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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