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Interpreter of Maladies (Turtleback) - Community Reviews back

by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Kinga's Reading
Kinga's Reading rated it 12 years ago
A fantastic collection of short stories from Ms Lahiri, focusing mainly on the lives of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. She brings to surface the mixed emotions of people in uncomfortable situations and new places. Really lovely.
The Girl who Reads
The Girl who Reads rated it 13 years ago
Interpreter of Maladies was recommended to me by one of my friends who kept harping about the book all the time to an extent that every-time I thought about him it was this book that I would see swimming in front of my eyes.Okay, so I was not reluctant about reading it but coming from a person who s...
nabilasofia
nabilasofia rated it 13 years ago
I couldn't stop reading this book. The short stories are simple, yet enchanting. You feel like you're part of them.
nataliya
nataliya rated it 13 years ago
Writing short stories is not easy. A novel is an easier literary form in a way - it allows you the space for character and plot development and gives you the space to slowly fall in love with it. Short story, on the other hand, is like literary speed dating; it only has so much time to set itself ap...
elisas8
elisas8 rated it 13 years ago
3.5 stars. a few of these stories were excellent and all were good. i'm looking forward to reading more by her.
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 13 years ago
The short story collection entitled Interpreter of Maladies is a powerful novel featuring characters caught between cultures, families and often identities. Jhumpa Lahiri as the writer and omniscient observer sympathises with the plight of such characters, having felt herself a sense of identity cri...
andrea
andrea rated it 13 years ago
Such beautifully told stories of life and love.
karens
karens rated it 14 years ago
I loved this book..its a collection of short stories, but not one of them was dull.
gurjeetkaur
gurjeetkaur rated it 14 years ago
Jhumpa Lahiri is master of irony !!!!!
IxanGa
IxanGa rated it 14 years ago
I keep trying to read and like Lahiri's books but I never even get to finish them. They just don't hold my attention.
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