Read-Learn English-Italian: In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, Intermediate

Join us as we continue a series on one of my favorite books I've read about living in Italy - learning Italian, learning any language: In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Audience: For English speakers who are learning Italian and are at the intermediate level or for Italian speakers who want to improve their English and are at the intermediate level

You do not have to purchase the book, we will share the screen while we read.

The Plan: Chapters 11 (longer chapter):

1. We will all read the chapters in Italian within smaller groups/breakout rooms.
2. We will translate the passages into English.
3. We will re-join the main room and listen to the author read the chapters in Italian followed by any discussion

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About "In Other Words"

"In Other Words is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. And although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery had always eluded her. So in 2012, seeking full immersion, she decided to move to Rome with her family, for “a trial by fire, a sort of baptism” into a new language and world.

In Rome, Lahiri began to read, and to write—initially in her journal—solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. Presented in a dual-language format, it is a book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Nabokov. A startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention."

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