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- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- ISBN: 0618101365
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101546138
- Release Date: May 22, 2000
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri and Janet Silver to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Interpreter of Maladies"Browse more products related to "Jhumpa Lahiri and Janet Silver"Review"A sense of isolation and displacement permeates these stories, nearly all of which are about people who, like the author, were born of Bengali parents but now live in the United States....Jhumpa Lahiri's strength as a writer stems partly from her ability to delineate in telling detail the mores of both societies....There are...many good writers of Indian origin who recall with troubled nostalgia a past they do not want to return to but somehow hope to resolve by explaining it in fictional form. Lahiri joins the ranks of those whose work goes further and illuminates human nature in general." "In these stories she exercises fine judgment in cutting out each precise narrative shape; but her hand is hidden in her sleeve, so that her narratives, like Alice Munro's, seem to have found their natural, sinuous, organic form." "...Jhumpa Lahiri traces the lives of people on two continents--North America and India--and in doing so announces herself as a wonderfully distinctive new voice. Indeed, Ms. Lahiri's prose is so eloquent and assured that the reader easily forgets that INTERPRETER OF MALADIES is a young writer's first book." "Lahiri's characters are charmers....She breathes unpredictable life into the page, and the reader finishes each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a whole novel with its characters. There is nothing accidental about her success; her plots are as elegantly constructed as a fine proof in mathematics." First lineThe notice informed them that it was a temporary matter: for five days their electricity would be cut off for one hour, beginning at eight P.M. A line had gone down in the last snowstorm, and the repairmen were going to take advantage of the milder evenings to set it right. Publisher's noteNavigating 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. AnnotationMost of the short stories in this debut volume are about marriage in one form or another. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999, this book also won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. If You Enjoy "Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)" by Jhumpa Lahiri (Author) and Jan...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers
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