Lahiri, Jhumpa. creator Goldstein, Ann 1949- translator text biography Autobiographies. Biography. Travel writing. nyu 2016 First edition monographic eng

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xiv, 233 pages ; 22 cm A series of reflections on the author's experiences learning a new language and living abroad. The crossing -- The dictionary -- Love at first sight -- Exile -- The conversations -- The renunciation -- Reading with a dictionary -- Gathering words -- The diary -- The story -- The exchange -- The fragile shelter -- Impossibility -- Venice -- The imperfect -- The hairy adolescent -- The second exile -- The wall -- The triangle -- The metamorphosis -- Plumbing the depths -- The scaffolding -- Half-light -- Afterword Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein Lahiri, Jhumpa Travel Lahiri, Jhumpa Interlanguage (Language learning) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Italian Interlanguage (Language learning) TRAVEL / Europe / Italy Travel 2015020998 150728 6071