Jhumpa Lahiri
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Our obsession with origin is a global danger, says Jhumpa Lahiri
Flawed desire to restore authenticity and purity is fuelling right in US, India and Italy, author tells Hay festival
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri review – outsiders in Italy
The Pulitzer winner’s vivid collection of short stories crackles with indignation as it explores the meaning of home and the cost of exile
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Jhumpa Lahiri: ‘Translation is an act of radical change’The best original photographs from the Observer
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What we're reading
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in NovemberAuthors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
Salman Rushdie’s grave fears for Indian democracy published in PEN anthology
Rushdie’s words, written before last week’s attack in New York, are aired in a new anthology alongside other leading authors
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri review – the sanctuary of language
The novelist’s collection of essays on translation only hint at what led her to take refuge in Italian
Top 10s
Top 10 books about Calcutta Book of the day
Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi review – a fine debut
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Top 10 magical short storiesFrom Oscar Wilde to Dorothy Parker and Sherman Alexie, these stories capture enchantments that are often camouflaged in ordinary life
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri review – a fascinating shift
Jhumpa Lahiri: ‘I’ve always existed in a kind of linguistic exile’
Book of the day
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri review – hypnotic disappearing actAn unnamed woman in an unnamed city wavers between solitude and brief encounters in a spare examination of alienation
This Christmas, read a story aloud - you'll be surprised by the joy it brings
With many of us set to spend Christmas on Zoom or the phone, author Sarah Hall shares why dark and daring tales are perfect to read to others - and 10 great stories to try
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Top 10 novels about movingFrom John Steinbeck to Annie Proulx, these books capture changing places as a state of mind as much as geography
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Top 10 books about exileFrom Colm Tóibín’s story of renewal in Brooklyn to Mourid Barghouti’s desolate experience in Palestine, these stories show some of the many meanings of home and its loss
Critical eye
Book reviews roundup: Comrade Corbyn; In Other Words; My Name Is Lucy BartonWhat the critics thought of Comrade Corbyn by Rosa Prince, In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahrir and My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Jhumpa Lahiri: ‘I am, in Italian, a tougher, freer writer’
The author’s new book, written in Italian and accompanied by English translation, crowns a long infatuation with Italy. Here, she recounts her journey to fluency, and takes our Q&A
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri review – a Pulitzer prize winner gives up writing and speaking in English
The author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Lowland has written a book about learning Italian – in Italian. She wanted to start over again with language
Anuradha Roy wins 2016 DSC prize for south Asian literature
‘Elegance, flair and readability’ of Sleeping on Jupiter, a novel exploring sexual violence against women and children in India, secures author $50,000 prize
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