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    Roman Stories
    Roman Stories
    Roman Stories
    Audiobook6 hours

    Roman Stories

    Written by Jhumpa Lahiri

    Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Carlotta Brentan, Cassandra Campbell and

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    About this audiobook

    'Stimulating, elengant, distinctive and thought-provoking' Sunday Times

    From the internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies comes an exquisitely crafted work of fiction. Jhumpa Lahiri sets her gaze on the eternally beautiful city of Rome, illuminating the frailties of the human condition and dissecting lives lived on the margins.

    A man recalls a summer party that awakens an alternative version of himself. A couple haunted by a tragic loss return to seek consolation. An outsider family is pushed out of the block in which they hoped to settle. A set of steps in a Roman neighbourhood connects the daily lives of the city’s myriad inhabitants. This is an evocative fresco of Rome, the most alluring character of all: contradictory, in constant transformation and a home to those who know they can’t fully belong but choose it anyway.

    Rich with Lahiri’s signature gifts, Roman Stories is a masterful work from one of the finest writers of our time.

    Translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateOct 12, 2023
    ISBN9781035017591
    Roman Stories
    Author

    Jhumpa Lahiri

    Jhumpa Lahiri has been a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but is currently teaching in New York. She has published her fiction in various US journals including the New Yorker, and has won several US prizes for her work.

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