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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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last updated Jan 17, 2023 03:51PM
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Dec 13, 2019
Graceann
rated it
it was amazing
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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!
Jan 05, 2008
Megan
rated it
really liked it
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I remembered this one being so sad, especially the story about the couple whose marriage was deteriorating after their child was stillborn.
Apr 14, 2014
Collin
marked it as to-read
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