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A Reader posted a review at 2009-11-26 00:27:46.
(Language: English)
Rubbish. Éclat for Lahiri's work baffles me. She continues to create characters ("ABCD") who are bland, pretentious, self-loathing and pathetic. What else can one expect from a "detached observer" (her words). I wish she'd stop writing drab "it sucks to be brown" tales from an ambiguous South Asian perspective and focus on her clear interests: American (in her case, ALWAYS white) and/or European culture. She gets points for her descriptive literary techniques, though at times to her own detriment as she is often too wordy, dragging out paragraphs and chapters. I couldn't wait for the book to end.
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