Pulitzer-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London to Bengali parents from Calcutta, and was raised in Rhode Island. Her works often reflect on the experiences of immigrant and Indian-American ...

WHEREABOUTS. By Jhumpa Lahiri. Translated from Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf. 157 pages. $24. On the face of it, nothing much happens in Jumpa Lahiri’s short, moody novel “Whereabouts.” Readers who ...

Writing is delicate work, perhaps doubly so when you are writing in a language that is not your native tongue. But Jhumpa Lahiri is no ordinary writer, and her latest novel, "Whereabouts" (Knopf, 176 ...

For those of us who have left the places of our youth, any return to those rooms we once occupied, those halls we once traversed, can be freighted with emotion. The ghosts of our past life crouch ...

In an unusual literary and linguistic feat, the Pulitzer-winning author of “Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Namesake” wrote her latest novel, “Whereabouts,” in Italian and translated it to English.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Authors Andrea Bajani and Jhumpa Lahiri gathered at Books are Magic’s Montague Street location to discuss Bajani’s award-winning book “The Book of Homes.” Bajani is an ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her latest book 'Translating Myself and Others,' and the impact translating has had on her own writing in both Italian and English. The ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her unusual use of place in her new novel, Whereabouts, which she first wrote in Italian and translated herself into English. Pulitzer ...

Writing is delicate work, perhaps doubly so when you are writing in a language that is not your native tongue. But Jhumpa Lahiri is no ordinary writer, and her latest novel, "Whereabouts" (Knopf, 176 ...