Interpreter of Maladies (Turtleback)
by:
Jhumpa Lahiri (author)
Format: Turtleback
ISBN:
9780606207270 (0606207279)
Publish date: February 1st 2002
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Book Club,
Read For School,
Adult,
Contemporary,
College,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Modern,
Short Stories,
Short Story Collection
What do you say when a work that is widely liked and highly celebrated doesn't do for you what it did for others? What I do is slap a three-star rating on it and write a review that expresses my confusion without saying anything positive or negative about the book. In fact, such a review really does...
This is a Pulitzer prize winning collection of short stories. It sometimes, misleadingly, is placed on best Indian books lists. Instead, the author is a first generation immigrant to the West, and while some works deal exclusively with India, the majority are about the immigrant experience and/or ...
I recall one of the stories in this collection, but I can't for the life of me remember where/when I read it.
An outstanding collection of short stories by an author with a remarkable voice. Most of the stories involve Indian-Americans (one or two are set in India) and their personal struggles in a new land and with each other.
I've actually already read some of the stories in this collection already, but I should probably read the whole thing at some point.
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