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Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri
“Writing in another language reactivates the grief of being between two worlds, of being on the outside. Of feeling alone and excluded.” While I can’t quite satisfyingly articulate or express why I find such comfort in Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing, I can certainly make a stab at it. In many ways, Translating Myself and Others reads…
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The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
In this short and meditative piece, Jhumpa Lahiri examines the role that book jackets play in a person’s reading experience and the responsibility they have in not only conveying the book within but in catching someone’s attention. Lahiri looks back to her youth and recalls how the books she borrowed from at the library were…
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Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Written in Lahiri’s characteristically understated prose Unaccustomed Earth is a bittersweet and minutely observed collection of short stories. Set in America, India, and even Thailand, these stories focus on relationships between siblings, parents and their children, grandparents and their grandchildren, married couples, and friends. They are also characterized by a strong sense of nostalgia, partly…
1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 20th century, 3.75 stars, addiction, ageing, beautiful prose, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, cambridge (us), cheating, cold tone, collection of short stories, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), family, favourite authors, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, India, indian american author, intergenerational, introspective, Jhumpa Lahiri, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, MARRIAGE, My reviews, parenting, PUBLISHED IN 2008, re-reads, read in 2018, read in 2021, reading, restrained prose, seattle, short stories, siblings, thailand, Unaccustomed Earth, unrequited love, washington -
Dove mi trovo (Whereabouts) by Jhumpa Lahiri
re-read: I was curious to read Lahiri’s self-translation, just to see whether I would like it us much as the original, and I can confirm that I did. I’m glad Lahiri translated the novel herself and I can’t actually decide if I preferred this English translation or its original Italian version. Anyway, I loved re-experiencing…
1st pov, 4 STARS, ALIENATION, atmospheric, Contemporary, Dove mi trovo, ennui, existentialism, favourite authors, female authors, identity, indian american author, introspective, Italy, Jhumpa Lahiri, loneliness, Longing, MEMORY, mumblecore, nostalgic reads, psychological, published in 2018, re-reads, read in 2020, read in 2021, read in 2022, SLICE OF LIFE, strong sense of place, unnamed city, unnamed narrator, Whereabouts -
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri — book review
“In so many ways, his family’s life feels like a string of accidents, unforeseen, unintended, one incident begetting another.” In the past few years I’ve read and fallen in love with Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories as well as her book on her relationship with the Italian language In Other Words. Although The Namesake…
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4.25 stars, Adult, America, asian diaspora, atmospheric, belonging, bildungsroman, BOSTON, cambridge (us), cheating, cold tone, cultural dissonance, divorce/separations, family, FAMILY SAGA, fathers & sons, favourite authors, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, India, indian american author, intergenerational, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kolkata, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, MARRIAGE, Massachusetts, migration/immigration, modern classics, mothers & sons, NEW YORK, published in 2003, re-reads, read in 2020, read in 2022, restrained prose, The Namesake, trains
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