Cuentos romanos

A family enjoys their holidays in a Roman country house while the daughter of the caretakers -a couple with an ancient affront- takes care of the domestic chores and discreetly watches her; a joyous reunion of two friends reveals, however, irreconcilable differences; a mature writer becomes obsessed with a woman he only meets at a mutual friend's parties; a family harassed by their neighbors is forced to leave their home; a couple seek solace in Rome to try to forget their personal tragedy. With these "stories written in a state of grace" (Roberto Carnero, Avvenire), the author of The Interpreter of Pain and Unusual Land returns to the genre that made her world famous and recipient of the Pulitzer and PEN/Hemingway prizes. Story after story, Jhumpa Lahiri surprises us and moves us with a dazzling book about love, uprooting, loneliness and the natural rhythms of a city that welcomes everyone equally.