Whereabouts is a quietly powerful novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, originally written in Italian and translated into English by the author herself. Through a series of interconnected reflections, the novel follows an unnamed middle-aged woman as she moves through the routines of daily life in an unnamed Italian city. Her encounters with neighbors, strangers, friends, and familiar places become moments of contemplation on solitude, belonging, memory, aging, identity, and the desire for human connection. Written in Lahiri's elegant, minimalist prose, Whereabouts is a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant exploration of the inner life, celebrating the beauty found in ordinary moments.