Whereabouts

The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author is a haunting portrait of a woman, her decisions, her conversations, and her solitariness in a beautiful and lonely Italian city. It is a rare work of fiction that pushes boundaries and captures a woman standing on one of life's thresholds, reflecting on what has been lost and facing what may lie ahead.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

‘A hypnotic disappearing act OBSERVER The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning,Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author: a haunting portrait of a woman,her decisions,her conversations,her solitariness,in a beautiful and lonely Italian city The woman moves through the city,her city,on her own. She moves along its bright pavements; she passes over its bridges,through its shops and pools and bars. She slows her pace to watch a couple fighting,to take in the sight of an old woman in a waiting room; pauses to drink her coffee in a shaded square. Sometimes her steps take her to her grieving mother,sealed off in her own solitude. Sometimes they take her to the station,where the trains can spirit her away for a short while. But in the arc of a year,as one season gives way to the next,transformation awaits. One day at the sea,both overwhelmed and replenished by the suns vital heat,her perspective will change forever. A rare work of fiction, Whereabouts – first written in Italian and then translated by the author herself – brims with the impulse to cross barriers. By grafting herself onto a new literary language,Lahiri has pushed herself to a new level of artistic achievement. A dazzling evocation of a city,its captures a woman standing on one of lifes thresholds,reflecting on what has been lost and facing,with equal hope and rage,what may lie ahead.
The novel, "Whereabouts," written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author, is a haunting portrayal of a woman's decisions, conversations, and solitariness in a beautiful and lonely Italian city. The woman moves through the city on her own, observing couples fighting, old women in waiting rooms, and trains that can spirit her away for a short while. In the arc of a year, transformation awaits, and one day at the sea, her perspective will change forever. The novel is a rare work of fiction that captures the impulse to cross barriers. Lahiri has pushed herself to a new level of artistic achievement by grafting herself onto a new literary language, creating a dazzling evocation of a city and a woman standing on one of life's thresholds.

Weight: 128g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526629975