Interpreter of maladies /
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Interpreter of maladies / by Jhumpa Lahiri - Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. - 198 p. ; 21 cm.
A Temporary Matter -- When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine -- Interpreter of Maladies -- A Real Durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This Blessed House -- The Treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The Third and Final Continent.
"Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, they also speak with universal eloquence 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 the baffling New World."--BOOK JACKET.
039592720X (pbk.) 039592720
East Indian Americans--Social life and customs--Fiction.
813.54 / LAH-I 1999 5328
Interpreter of maladies / by Jhumpa Lahiri - Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. - 198 p. ; 21 cm.
A Temporary Matter -- When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine -- Interpreter of Maladies -- A Real Durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This Blessed House -- The Treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The Third and Final Continent.
"Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, they also speak with universal eloquence 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 the baffling New World."--BOOK JACKET.
039592720X (pbk.) 039592720
East Indian Americans--Social life and customs--Fiction.
813.54 / LAH-I 1999 5328