In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri

Knopf

2016

233 páginas

7h 46m

ISBN-13: 9781101875551

From the Pulitzer Prize winner, a surprising, powerful, and eloquent nonfiction debut

In Other Words is at heart 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. And although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery had always eluded her. So in 2012, seeking full immersion, she decided to move to Rome with her family, for “a trial by fire, a sort of baptism” into a new language and world.

In Rome, Lahiri began to read, and to write—initially in her journal—solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. Presented in a dual-language format, it is a book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Nabokov. A startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.

Resenhas (1)

4 (Muito bom)

Scarurisce da un luogo di afetto

Muito gostosinho de ler, aprendi várias palavras. As metáforas foram muito certeiras. É uma redemption, we can see that it has a lot of feelings, ma nonostante un libro piacevole.

Dica: se estás a aprender italiano, não leia a parte em inglês, SOMENTE quando tiver dúvida. Assim você evolui muito mais rápido. Pq sua mente fica só voltada pra o italiano. Pensa na parte em inglês como uma possível consulta.