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This collection explores the feeling of alienation with vivid imagery of those living in Rome. While there is violence, hatred, and xenophobia, RS also delineates the importance of forgiveness in a rapidly changing city. I appreciate Lahiri's restrained writing in exploring loneliness, even though it asks the readers to read between the lines.

favs
• The Boundary: a caretaker's daughter describes the life of a family of tourists
• P's Party: a married man finds himself intruged by a woman after seeing her multiple times at friends' parties
• The Steps: the changing scenary & people as witnessed by the steps in Rome