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 enlarge | Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0307265730
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307265739
ASIN: 0307265730
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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 As good as The Interpreter of Maladies June 21, 2008
D. Johnson (Northville, MI)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jhumpa Lahiri maintains the level of disciplined detail she's demonstrated in both of her previous texts. Her stories are emotional without ever devolving into melodrama. A very satisfying read.
a gem June 18, 2008
psych doc & professor (usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a treasure. Each short story is eloquently written, self-contained, and involving from the first word. The characters are beautifully developed and one really learns about the intergenerational and individual struggles when one settles in a country.
Time to move on June 13, 2008
Christopher Kirchner
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jhumpa Lahiri has given us nothing short of literary gems, but she needs to experiment with different minerals, different cuts. "Write what you know," as they say, but I'm sure Ms. Lahiri's experience and immagination embraces more than Bengalis at home and abroad. I will be disappointed if new stories from this very gifted writer continue to begin in the vein of "Ananya fidgeted with her bangles and the ravika of her sari as she waited for Satrajit, her parent's favored candidate for her hand, to arrive from MIT where he had just secured a professorship in astrophysics......." Lahiri's is an interesting and compelling literary universe, but unlike the real one, not inexhaustible.
 UNACCUSTOMED EARTH June 13, 2008
Robert W. Collie (la jolla)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Seven short stories ( four have appeared in the New Yorker). She tells a story brilliantly. Not a better short story writer today.
Insightful and elegant writing June 12, 2008
Portia from Jersey
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The power of this book is rooted in the author's keen insights into human nature. The stories linger in your memory long after you finish reading them.
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