In this collection of short stories, the author parts the veil, allowing the reader a glimpse into the lives of the families whose stories she tells. The first five stories each focus on a different person, while the final three are snapshots from different portions of one life as told by two people...
Her stories were all the same. Lahiri really shines in longer stories but in these shorter ones they're all unhappy Bengali families (with one exception that was about a white guy who lived with an unhappy Bengali woman). The only one that I can say I enjoyed was the last one but even the ending was...
After Interpreter of Maladies, this is the second Jhumpa Lahiri book that I have picked up. Yes, at the risk of raising eyebrows from one and many, I have to admit that I haven’t read The Namesake yet.The first story in the book is ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ and I was lost in this book right from the firs...
Didn't quite care for the last 3 but Jhumpa Lahiri's prose remains stolid in this collection (in a simultaneously reliably impressive yet also predictable fashion)
Unaccustomed Earth is Jhumpa Lahiri's yet another collection of most dazzling short-stories of all times making it evident the umpteenth time the kind of prodigious skills she portrays with her art of putting together in words the distressed hearts and confused minds of her characters that are strug...
I have another book to add to my list of favorites. I just finished Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. A collection of short stories about Bengali immigrants - this book will touch your heart. Lahiri does a wonderful job in her portrayal of a wide cast of complex characters. As an American with im...
Having read both of Lahiri's books before, I think I can somehow see why this one wasn't enjoyable for me. (I didn't like "Interpreter" either, although I could very much appreciate her style.) This book has over-used and obvious metaphors, unlike her first story collection. Interpreter left you hau...
I'm not a big fan of short stories. I just don't find them satisfying enough.There were 8 stories in this book. Mostly revolving around Indian-Americans. That is, persons of Indian decent but is westernised in their upbringing (mostly in the US of A). I can understand that feeling of straddling ...
Wonderful book. The character development was particularly good - even with a short story format, I was able to feel a connection to the characters, and to care about what happened to them. This was the first book I had read by her, but I will definitely read more.
Quick, easy read. Does a good job with depicting cultural struggles that immigrants and their children face in foreign countries. Very realistic stories.
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