ALL ABOUT JHUMPA LAHIRI’S NOVEL

A VIRTUAL interview with Jhumpa Lahiri (inset right) is available until May 13. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of acclaimed books Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth and The Lowland discusses her latest novel Whereabouts, which has been described as a haunting portrait of a woman in a lonely Italian city caught between the past and a possibility of positive transformation. She will also do a reading from the book, which is available to buy. Visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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