In Other Words
A Memoir
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 7, 2017
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Namesake delivers a powerful meditation on the process of learning to express herself in Italian—and the stunning journey of a writer seeking a new voice. • "The most evocative, unpretentious, astute account of a writing life I have read.” —The Washington Post On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language.
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- Who it’s for
- A writer’s self-reflection on learning Italian and seeking a new voice.
- Themes
- Learning a language, Writing and creative identity, Self-reflection
- Pacing
- Reflective
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Namesake delivers a powerful meditation on the process of learning to express herself in Italian—and the stunning journey of a writer seeking a new voice. • "The most evocative, unpretentious, astute account of a writing life I have read.” —The Washington Post On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language.
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Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in her adopted tongue. In Other Words is a startling act of self-reflection.
A New Voice
A writer’s self-reflection on learning Italian and seeking a new voice.
Come here for
- The intimate puzzle of learning to think and write in another language.
- A meditation on how language can reshape self-expression.
Expect
- A reflective memoir centered on the process of learning Italian.
- A writer’s search for a new voice, told through self-reflection.
Where it sits
| Writing Nonfiction & Memoir | 52% |
|---|---|
| Italian Language Study | 47% |
| Writers' Lives | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Italian Language Study
- Italy Travel
- Authors
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Learning a language · Writing and creative identity · Self-reflection
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs