Description
For sale: a Very Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri. First Edition unstated, 2016 Knopf. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, a few smudges on bottom page block, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly , mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
In Other Words is a revelation. It 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. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery always eluded her.
Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for “a trial by fire, a sort of baptism” into a new language and world. There, she begins 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.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
