>It's a bit like writing a best selling novel in a language you don't speak: theoretically possible, but just so far from normal reality that it's hard to suspe

>It's a bit like writing a best selling novel in a language you don't speak: theoretically possible, but just so far from normal reality that it's hard to suspend disbelief. Jhumpa Lahiri managed to do this! See http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/teach-yourself-italian http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/teach-yourself-....