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Interpreter of Maladies
With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide.
A blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognizes her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakastani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.
Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Like the interpreter of the title story, Lahiri translates between the strict traditions of her ancestors and a baffling new world.
Book Details
- Publisher: Turtleback Books
- Publish Date: Oct 22nd, 2019
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.30in - 0.80in - 0.35lb
- EAN: 9781690390596
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Literary• Fantasy - Contemporary
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What people are saying
Passionate reader seeking hidden literary gems. Let's uncover thought-provoking reads, engage in bookish discussions and chat with authors! ✨📚
Jhumpa Lahiri is an author I have always admired. I recently read Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of nine stories and adored it. Review on the blog. Have you read any books of hers? https://t.co/duxJiRDQQt
Wall Street Journal reporter, debut short story collection LAND OF BIG NUMBERS @marinerbooks out now: https://t.co/flnsfmbBcZ
😍 “a modern take on issues in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies...each story captures the multinational existence of the 21st century through the sieve of love and relationships gone wrong." thank you so much for including me! https://t.co/dggYYhzFVx
Praise for this book
"Lahiri breathers unpredictable life into the page, and the reader finished each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a whole novel with its characters."--The New York Times Book Review
"Lahiri's touch is delicate yet assured, leaving no room for flubbed notes or forced epiphanies."--The Los Angeles Times
"A writer of uncommon elegance and poise."--New York times
"Dazzling writing, an easy-to-carry paperback format and a budget-respecting price tag of $12: Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies possesses these three qualities, making it my book of choice this summer every time someone asks for a recommendation...Simply put, Lahiri displays a remarkable maturity and ability to imagine other lives...[E]ach story offers something special. Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies will reward readers."--USA Today
"[S]torytelling of surpassing kindness and skill."--The San Francisco Chronicle
"Jhumpa Lahiri is the kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person you see and say, 'Read this!'"--Amy Tan
What people are saying
Passionate reader seeking hidden literary gems. Let's uncover thought-provoking reads, engage in bookish discussions and chat with authors! ✨📚
Jhumpa Lahiri is an author I have always admired. I recently read Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of nine stories and adored it. Review on the blog. Have you read any books of hers? https://t.co/duxJiRDQQt
Wall Street Journal reporter, debut short story collection LAND OF BIG NUMBERS @marinerbooks out now: https://t.co/flnsfmbBcZ
😍 “a modern take on issues in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies...each story captures the multinational existence of the 21st century through the sieve of love and relationships gone wrong." thank you so much for including me! https://t.co/dggYYhzFVx