In Other Words

E64476

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.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

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
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

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jhumpa Lahiri hasPublication In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri notableWork In Other Words
Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri notableWork In Other Words