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Referring to my desire to appropriate Italian, he {Domenico Starnone} wrote, 'A new language is almost a new life, grammar and syntax recast you, you slip into another logic and another sensibility.' How much those words reassured me... They contained all my yearning, all my disorientation. Reading this message, I understood better the impulse to express myself in a new language. To subject myself, as a writer, to a metamorphosis.
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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In Jhumpa Lahiri's "In Other Words," she reflects on her journey of learning and embracing the Italian language. The words of Domenico Starnone resonate deeply with her, emphasizing that adopting a new language can transform one’s life by reshaping grammar, syntax, and sensibility. This idea of a new life through language reassures her and encapsulates her desire and confusion regarding her linguistic aspirations.

Lahiri's narrative reveals her yearning for expression and the transformative power of language. By immersing herself in Italian, she is not only learning a new means of communication but also undergoing a significant personal metamorphosis. This journey represents both a challenge and an opportunity for deeper self-discovery as she strives to articulate her thoughts and emotions in this foreign tongue.

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