Roman Stories

De: Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz - translator

Narrado por: Deepti Gupta, Carlotta Brentan, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos, Michael Obiora

Duración: 6 h y 4 m

Resumen del Editor

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, NPR • The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth • Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories

"A delectable, sun-washed treat . . . the stories have the beating heart of the city itself, a place of magnificent decay and vibrant, varied life."—Vogue

In “The Boundary,” one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretaker’s daughter, who nurses a wound from her family’s immigrant past. In “P’s Parties,” a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friend’s yearly birthday gathering—until the husband crosses a line.

And in “The Steps,” on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italy’s capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing city: visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home.

These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri’s adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto Moravia and guided, in the concluding tale, by the ineluctable ghost of Dante Alighieri, whose words lead the protagonist toward a new way of life.

©2023 Jhumpa Lahiri (P)2023 Random House Audio

Beautiful.

Don't mind the traffic jams if I'm listening to JL. Estas historias son un bálsamo.

beautiful heartbreaking stories

absolutely loved it. so beautiful and detailed oriented yet set in the middle of the greyness in our lives

Roman steps

I love the author of this book did not disappoint… I found it very intriguing and enjoyable

Loved it!

I adored this book! The narration was wonderful. Each story was beautifully written and haunting. It’s a must for lovers of short stories and fans of Jhumpa Lahiri.

Emotional resonance

Loved lyrical quality of her writing
Able to touch moist poignant sentiments and make aspects og stories hauntingly beautiful

The twist of the story

I like this because it was an easy read. I am able to listen to this while doing something else and not missing anything.

one of my favorite authors writes a gloomy book

why is everyone so sad in Rome. why are people in the city so hostile?