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Interpreter of Maladies - by Jhumpa Lahiri (Paperback)

Interpreter of Maladies - by  Jhumpa Lahiri (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER. With a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER. With a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.<br/><br/>With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. <br/><br/>A blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognizes her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakastani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.<br/><br/>Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom 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 a baffling new world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A writer of uncommon sensitivity and restraint."--<i>Wall Street Journal</i> <p/> "Lahiri breathers unpredictable life into the page, and the reader finished each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a whole novel with its characters."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/> "Lahiri's touch is delicate yet assured, leaving no room for flubbed notes or forced epiphanies."--<i>The Los Angeles Times</i> <br> "A writer of uncommon elegance and poise."--<i>New York times</i> <p/> "Dazzling writing, an easy-to-carry paperback format and a budget-respecting price tag of $12: Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies possesses these three qualities, making it my book of choice this summer every time someone asks for a recommendation...Simply put, Lahiri displays a remarkable maturity and ability to imagine other lives...[E]ach story offers something special. Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies will reward readers."--<i>USA Today</i> <p/> "[S]torytelling of surpassing kindness and skill."--<i>The San Francisco Chronicle</i> <br> "Jhumpa Lahiri is the kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person you see and say, 'Read this!'"--Amy Tan <br><br>

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