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Lalitaa Suglani
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Number of Pages
248
Language
English
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Book Summary
High-Functioning Anxiety invites readers into the intimate journey of self-expression through language. A literary memoir by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, it recounts Jhumpa Lahiri’s exploration of the Italian language and her quest to express herself in a voice newly her own. From a post-college visit to Florence to a full immersion in Rome, this book speaks to readers who love language, culture, and the quiet courage it takes to find a fresh voice. The tone is contemplative, hopeful, and empowering, offering comfort and inspiration for anyone who has wrestled with becoming more truly themselves.
In this reflective work, High-Functioning Anxiety unfolds as a carefully paced meditation on how language shapes identity. Lahiri’s prose blends memoir, culture, and philosophy as she shares the transformative leap of moving to Italy to live and learn in the language she desires to master. The experience is immersive and highly personal—part travelogue, part classroom, all about the stubborn beauty of growth through words. Readers will glimpse how a writer’s craft evolves when vocabulary becomes a path to connection, belonging, and a new sense of self—an experience rooted in the author’s own journey with Italian in In Other Words.
Readers finish with a strengthened sense that language can redefine who we are and how we see the world. High-Functioning Anxiety leaves you with a quiet confidence: the belief that pursuing a new voice—whether in another tongue or another facet of life—can be a meaningful, life-affirming journey. It is a warm invitation to reflect on your own relationship with language and to carry forward the idea that words can shape identity, courage, and hope.
Product Details
Author
Lalitaa Suglani
Publisher
HAY HOUSE
Number of Pages
248
Language
English
SKU
9788197222887
ISBN
9788197222887
Dimensions
14 x 1.4 x 21.6 cm
Binding
Paper Back
MRP: ₹ 399
₹ 339
15% Off