Lahiri, Jhumpa
Translating Myself and Others
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691231167
- author:
- Lahiri, Jhumpa
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 centimetres (0.37 kg)
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, reflecting on her emerging identity as a translator and writer in two languages. With subtlety and emotional immediacy, Lahiri explores the distinction between writing and translating, drawing on Ovid's myth of Echo and Narcissus to examine the complexities of language and desire.
Through essays originally written in Italian and published in English for the first time, as well as those written in English, Lahiri considers the unique challenges of translation, including her own work from Italian to English. She also reflects on the art of translation as a sublime act of linguistic and personal metamorphosis.
Featuring Lahiri's most lyrical and eloquently observed meditations on the translator's craft, this book brings together her thoughts on writing, desire, freedom, and the power of language to shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
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