In Other Words
2016 • 256 pages

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Average rating3.4

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Jhumpa Lahiri first spoke Bengali. Then she learned English.

She became a writer. A good writer. She won prizes. Big prizes. All in English.

One day she wanted to learn Italian. She started. She decided to move to Italy. She did. Then she wanted to write in Italian. She did.

She never felt so free as when she felt constrained to write in Italian.

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