Dove Mi Trovo, is scheduled to appear in May 2021 as Whereabouts, in English. As she says, with unconcealed affection in her letter to Italy, the country has become her “point of arrival".The covid-19 pandemic has disrupted arrivals and departures all over the world.
Under siege from an unprecedented public health disaster, it is only human to worry about the well-being of those we love, especially those who are far from us.
So it was with Lahiri, too. With the suspension of flights, she found herself stranded in Princeton, US, where she teaches part of the year at the university.
Beset with separation anxiety from her beloved Italy, her friends and colleagues there, Lahiri was overwhelmed with a feeling of helplessness, abject and.