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Interpreter of Maladies (Edition 001)

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This book at one point made me want to quit writing because I figured, "Well, she's doing exactly what I wanted to do, so why should I even bother?" It pretty much made me cry that someone was out there writing the sort of stories I wish I had been able to write. But then I realized that wasn't the point of the collection. The point is, everyone has stories to tell. I mean, I'm not even...more
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This is a collection of short stories by an author who "was born in London of Bengali parents and grew up in Rhode Island, USA." She's won a couple of awards for this book, including the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (the same prize To Kill a Mockingbird won in 1961). Usually, I don't like short stories because I think the author doesn't have enough time to develop the story and characters...more
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A debut collection of short stories that is a pleasure to read. The short stories give an insight into Indian culture exploring both life within India as well as those that have immigrated from their homeland. To be honest, I normally shy away from short stores due to the fact that I feel that character and plot developement can be lacking which results in characters without depth. This was not...more
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Jhumpa Lahiri (2000): "Interpreter of Maladies" Wonderful title, wonderful book. I felt this is a fresh new voice, telling me things I was not fully aware of earlier, from this group of fruitful but difficult cultural clashes.
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There is something almost indecent about how we, the readers, become an intimate observer in each of the stories. The stories are so vivid that one feels like a ghost, a silent observer, privy to the plight of the characters yet not being able to alter the course of the story. Ms. Lahiri writes with such economy of words, there can be no question that each word is carefully chosen to provoke a...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0618101365
  • ISBN-13: 9780618101368
  • ISBN-10: 1559353465
  • ISBN-13: 9781559353465
  • ISBN-10: 156511566X
  • ISBN-13: 9781565115668
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