The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses "Whereabouts: A Novel," her first novel in nearly a decade. She will be joined by Giammei, a scholar and assistant professor of Italian at Bryn Mawr.
"Whereabouts," written in Italian and translated by Lahiri, follows a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties.
Tickets for this event are $28 and include a signed copy of "Whereabouts." Part of the proceeds support the library.
Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: "Interpreter of Maladies," "The Namesake," "Unaccustomed Earth" and "The Lowland." She is also the author of the nonfiction "In Other Words." She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Pulitzer Prize and the 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama. Lahiri is director of creative writing at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, where she is also professor.
Alessandro Giammei is a scholar and translator. He is assistant professor of Italian at Bryn Mawr College and the author of "Nell’officina del nonsense di Toti Scialoja."
This event is co-sponsored by The Princeton Public Library, Princeton University’s Humanities Council, Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of French & Italian, and Program in Translation Studies.
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