Roman Stories

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. New/New. 204pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Light blue boards with title stamped in copper on spine. "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.