In Other Words
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In Other Words is a memoir by Jhumpa Lahiri that chronicles her immersion in the Italian language and explores themes of identity, exile, and self-reinvention through writing in a non-native tongue.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| firstEditionLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| form | essay collection ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Indian-American ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays
ⓘ
reflections ⓘ vignettes ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation by Ann Goldstein ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPublication | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Italian language
ⓘ
bilingualism ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ language learning ⓘ self-reinvention ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being written by Jhumpa Lahiri directly in Italian
ⓘ
exploration of writing in a non-native tongue ⓘ |
| originalTitle | In altre parole ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
surface form:
Knopf
|
| setting |
Italy
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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belonging ⓘ creative process ⓘ cultural displacement ⓘ immersion in a non-native language ⓘ literary self-translation ⓘ migration ⓘ reinvention through language ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWriting | 21st century ⓘ |
| translator | Ann Goldstein ⓘ |
| workLocation | Rome ⓘ |
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