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At heart, this is a love story--of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for "a t...

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ISBN:

9781101875551
9780345810090
1101875550
0345810090

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xiv, 233 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

"Original Italian text published ... as 'In altre parole' by Guanda, Milan, in 2015"--Title page verso
Parallel Italian text and English translation on facing pages; author's note in English

Contents:

Author's note
La traversata = The crossing
Il dizionario = The dictionary
Il colpo di fulmine = Love at first sight
L'esilio = Exile
Le conversazioni = The conversations
La rinuncia = The renunciation
Leggere con il dizionario = Reading with a dictionary
Il raccolto delle parole = Gathering words
Il diario = The diary
Il racconto = The story
Lo scambio = The exchange
Il riparo fragile = The fragile shelter
L'impossibilit© = Impossibility
Venezia = Venice
L'imperfetto = The imperfect
L'adolescente peloso = The hairy adolescent
Il secondo esilio = The second exile
Il muro = The wall
Il triangolo = The triangle
La metamorfosi = The metamorphosis
Sondare = Plumbing the depths
L'impalcatura = The scaffolding
Penombra = Half-light
Postfazione = Afterword

LCCN:

2015020998

Control Number:

1586830

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Container of (expression): Lahiri, Jhumpa. In altre parole. English
Container of (expression): Lahiri, Jhumpa. In altre parole. Italian
Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator

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