Roman Stories

Lahiri [works] over her themes with a precise and controlling intellect . . . These stories are stimulating, elengant, distinctive and thought-provoking * Sunday Times *
A writer of formidable powers and great depth of feeling * The Observer *
One of the most interesting American writers at work today * The Sunday Times *
Lahiri steps back from the action, gets out of the way, so the people and things in her stories can exist the way real things do: richly, ambiguously, without explanation. * Time *
A writer of uncommon elegance and poise * The New York Times *
Lahiri has a talent for capturing the everyday * Spectator *
Jhumpa Lahiri is intelligent, astute, informed and genuine * The Irish Times *
Jhumpa Lahiri is an elegant stylist, effortlessly placing the perfect words in the perfect order time and again so we’re transported seamlessly into another place * Vanity Fair *
Jhumpa Lahiri's writing is wonderful in the literal sense: on every page there is something to take your breath away * Sainsbury's Magazine *
Lahiri has an extraordinary voice -- Salman Rushdie
Jhumpa Lahiri is the kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person you see and say “Read this!” She’s a dazzling storyteller with a distinctive voice, an eye for nuance, an ear for irony. She is one of the finest short story writers I’ve read. -- Amy Tan
An urgent and affecting portrait of Rome in nine stories . . . * Guardian *
Full of humanity and its joys and disappointments, tiny incidents resonate through time and relationships. The city feels like another character, slipping in and out of focus just as the fleeting lives of the characters do too. * The Independent *