lahiri, jhumpa

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

". . . a collection of . . . personal essays by Puliter Prize-winning authur Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writier in two languages. . ."--Dust jacket.

Shares the true account of Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri as she moves her family to Italy to immerse herself in the Italian language in an attempt to master a language she desperately wanted to fully understand. Features her journal which she wrote solely in Italian that is now shared in Italian beside an English translation.