These nine very different short stories have one thing in common: They are all stories of love and loss, happiness and sadness as people adjust to the human condition. 'Lahiri's touch in these nine tales is delicate, but her observations remain damningly accurate, and her bittersweet stories are unhampered by nostalgia.' - Publishers Weekly.Ī Brilliant, Extraordinary Short Story Collection That Is a Delight to Read Its not that these tales of Americanized Indians are themselves ordinary.It's the familiarity of the world Lahiri captures.that distinguishes.

'What makes Lahiri's debut collection of stories stand out is precisely its quality of unexpected ordinariness. 'Lahiri's language is uncluttered she's sparing with metaphor, and the riches accumulate unobtrusively.' - The New York Times Book Review, Caleb Crain. 'There is not one false note here, not one misstep or hesitation.ach of these nine stories has the capacity to amaze us.' - Newsweek, Laura Shapiro. 'The experience of being foreign and the need for connection both mark Lahiri's outstanding debut collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, in which intimacy is often the odd consequences of her character's admitting how distant they have become, or always were.' - The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani. 'Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies has a gift for illuminating the full meaning of brief relationships with lovers, family, friends.' - Time Out New York, Ariel Levy. Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies will reward readers.' USA Today, Ginia Bellafante. 'Simply put, Lahiri displays a remarkable maturity and ability to imagine other lives.ach story offers something special.

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