{"product_id":"roman-stories-9780593793015","title":"Roman Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eInterpreter of Maladies \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with her first short story collection since the publication of her number one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed Earth\u003c\/i\u003e--a major literary event and a tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn immigrant family confronts the devastating aftershocks of racial violence. A young couple discovers the joy of domestic comfort and then spirals into unrelenting misfortune. A group of strangers orbit each other unknowingly as they ascend and descend the ancient steps that anchor their neighborhood. An annual garden party sews the seed of a haunting marital betrayal. In story after story, Lahiri delivers her richest and most stirring work yet in a collection whose themes reverberate with the tensions of modern urban life: dislocation and deracination, visibility and invisibility, the difficulty of straddling worlds and cultures, the meaning of home. \u003ci\u003eRoman Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent testament to Lahiri's dazzling style and unalloyed mastery of the short form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJHUMPA LAHIRI is the author of five works of fiction: \u003ci\u003e Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, The Lowland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhereabouts; \u003c\/i\u003eand a work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003e In Other Words.\u003c\/i\u003e She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN\/Hemingway Award; the PEN\/Malamud Award; the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for \u003ci\u003eIn altre parole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Large Print Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618253902098,"sku":"9780593793015","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7200017b-3db0-4f6f-89d0-6fcccffc5523.jpg?v=1748526895","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/roman-stories-9780593793015","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}