A review by jaclyncrupi
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

4.0

I don’t know how to talk about these stories except to say I feel like I was inhabiting them as I read them. I am so hungry for short stories of this calibre. This is the Rome of foreigners and migrants, of women and stairs, of class and race and dreams. At one point I had to lie down because I felt lightheaded – this book had that effect. Lahiri goes from strength to strength and her unassuming prose will knock you out. I had forgotten how much the short form suits her (Unaccustomed Earth was 2008!) and I read this at the perfect moment. The story ‘P’s Parties’ will live inside me forever.