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Dec 13, 2019
Graceann
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I'm ashamed to admit that I hadn't heard of Jhumpa Lahiri before I went through the prompts for the 2019 Reading Women Challenge. I know I will be making up for that lack of recognition.
Interpreter of Maladies is Lahiri's debut. It is a book of short stories; each one a perfectly polished little gem of storytelling. When I borrowed it from the library, I thought that, since the whole book is only 198 pages, I'd tear through it in an afternoon.
No.
The first story was so powerful that I had to tak ...more
Interpreter of Maladies is Lahiri's debut. It is a book of short stories; each one a perfectly polished little gem of storytelling. When I borrowed it from the library, I thought that, since the whole book is only 198 pages, I'd tear through it in an afternoon.
No.
The first story was so powerful that I had to tak ...more
Wow! What a powerful and impactful group of short stories. Lahiri writes with a sense of place and longing that jumps off the page. Some of theses stories are so surprising, they nearly take your breath away. So good!
I remembered this one being so sad, especially the story about the couple whose marriage was deteriorating after their child was stillborn.
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