Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri joins us to discuss her translation of Ties, a new novel by bestselling Italian novelist and screenwriter Domenico Starnone, winner of Italy's most prestigious literary award, The Strega. "Ties" tells the story of Vanda and Aldo's strained marriage, when Aldo decides to leave Vanda and their children for a younger woman. Note: This segment originally aired on March 10, 2017.