Whereabouts. Jhumpa Lahiri. 2021. 154 Pages. (Hardcover.).

Whereabouts? indeed. And when? There are no answers to these questions in this novel written by the American author of Indian origin. In short chapters of 1-4 pages, she muses about the life she leads as a single young modern woman, with observations of the people around her and the city she lives in most of the time, obviously somewhere in Italy.

The writing is very engaging and her observations and speculation about other people, the city, the weather and everything around her are insightful. There is almost no plot, but it is an easy light read.

4.0/5

Thanks, Andra.