![]() ![]() Lahiri, meanwhile, has immersed herself in Italian over the past years “ In Other Words,” her memoir of relocating to Rome and exploring a new language, came out in 2015. ![]() ![]() Adichie - known for her big, audacious novels “ Half of a Yellow Sun” and “Americanah” as well as pocket-sized polemics like “We Should All Be Feminists” - turns inward in her new book, “ Notes on Grief,” an extended meditation on the sudden death of her father last June. This spring, new books by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri, two of the most prominent and acclaimed writers of their generation, cover decidedly new ground in different ways and for different reasons. What prompts a departure or detour in a writer’s work, a shift in subject matter, register, and language, if even for just one book? What prompts a writer to change - as a writer? If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]()
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