Interpreter of Maladies
Registered by Alectoness of Geelong, Victoria Australia on 8/28/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I enjoyed Lahari's The Namesake, and I'm a big fan of short stories, so I'm looking forward to reading this one.
From back cover:
Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant stories tell the lives of Indians in exile, of people navigating between the strict traditions they've inherited and the baffling New World they must encounter every day. Whether set in Boston or Bengal, these sublimely understated stories, spiced with humour and subtle detail, speak with eloquence to anyone who has ever felt the yearnings of exile or the emotional confusion of the outsider.
It's taken me a long time to finish this book, because the first story in the collection was so moving and sad that I didn't want to read on. So I put it down and forgot about it until we studied "Sexy" in my short fiction class.
And I do find the stories sad, still, but they're so well written and the characters are so finely constructed. The first story remains the best for me (though it might take a lot of courage to ever read it again), but I also especially liked the title story, "Interpreter of Maladies", and "The Third and Final Continent".
Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant stories tell the lives of Indians in exile, of people navigating between the strict traditions they've inherited and the baffling New World they must encounter every day. Whether set in Boston or Bengal, these sublimely understated stories, spiced with humour and subtle detail, speak with eloquence to anyone who has ever felt the yearnings of exile or the emotional confusion of the outsider.
It's taken me a long time to finish this book, because the first story in the collection was so moving and sad that I didn't want to read on. So I put it down and forgot about it until we studied "Sexy" in my short fiction class.
And I do find the stories sad, still, but they're so well written and the characters are so finely constructed. The first story remains the best for me (though it might take a lot of courage to ever read it again), but I also especially liked the title story, "Interpreter of Maladies", and "The Third and Final Continent".
Journal Entry 3 by Alectoness at The Grand Arcade, 14-16 Willis St in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Thursday, January 19, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (1/19/2006 UTC) at The Grand Arcade, 14-16 Willis St in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand
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Left in phone booth on lower floor.
One of 25 books that will be/have been released (by me) in the month of my 25th birthday.
Left in phone booth on lower floor.
One of 25 books that will be/have been released (by me) in the month of my 25th birthday.
