Interpreter of maladies / by Jhumpa Lahiri

By: Lahiri, JhumpaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1999Description: 198 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 039592720X (pbk.); 039592720Subject(s): East Indian Americans -- Social life and customs -- FictionDDC classification: 813.54
Contents:
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.
Review: "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.
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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.

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