Overview
"AĀ delectable, sun-washed treat . . .Ā the stories have the beating heart of the city itself, a place of magnificent decay and vibrant, varied life."Ā āVogue
In āThe Boundary,ā one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretakerās daughter, who nurses a wound from her familyās immigrant past. In āPās Parties,ā a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friendās yearly birthday gatheringāuntil the husband crosses a line.
And in āThe Steps,ā on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italyās capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing city: visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home.
These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiriās adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto Moravia and guided, in the concluding tale, by the ineluctable ghost of Dante Alighieri, whose words lead the protagonist toward a new way of life.
This book title, Roman Stories, ISBN: 9780593469903, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (June 18, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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