![]() ![]() She moved away from the place (America) where she had an established writing career. The author takes us on a journey through her daring and committed attempts to learn and master a new language (Italian) as an adult. The book, In Other Words, reflects Jhumpa’s endeavor to shape her life and identity in the way she desires. The characters in her stories go through these emotions to varying degrees. The underlying themes of her books are – living in a foreign land, adjusting to a different culture, experiencing a sense of alienation, a search for an identity, and a desire for association. With this book, Jhumpa deliberately tried to change the course of her personal and professional life, by deciding to live in Italy. This book has been titled aptly “ In altre parole” (In Other Words). It was translated into English by Ann Goldstein. ![]() In 2015, she came up with the first book that she wrote in Italian. She wrote several short stories and a few novels in English from 1999 to 2013. For this book, she received The Pulitzer Prize for fiction in the year 2000. She began her glorious writing career in 1999 with the book titled Interpreter of Maladies. ![]() While in college, Jhumpa wrote short stories for Harvard Review, The New Yorker, and Story Quarterly. She is a born writer and started writing quite early in her life. And then at a point in her life, she moves to Italy. Jhumpa Lahiri, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was born in England and grew up in America. ![]()
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