Whereabouts

Exuberance and dread attachment and estrangement in this novel Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home an engaging backdrop to her days acts as a confidant the sidewalks around her house parks bridges piazzas streets stores coffee bars. We follow her to the pool she frequents and to the train station that sometimes leads her to her mother mi...See More