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Interpreter of Maladies: Stories

By Jhumpa Lahiri

Book information

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year
2011
ISBN
039592720X, 9780395927205
LCC
PS3562.A316 I58 1999
Open Library ID
OL24243851M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
163 kB (166434 bytes)
Edition
Later Printing
Pages
\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant. She is an important and powerful new voice.

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