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I loved the first few stories. Then she lost me for a bit in the middle. But she managed to pull me right back in with the last three, thus the five stars.
I loved the Namesake and expected to love this as well. Both are about young Indian Americans, mostly intellectual northeasterns, many with troubled identities and psyches.
The book is, however, a short story collection and I usually do not like short stories, mostly because my favorite aspect of fiction are the characters and specifically I love when I get carried away with the characters and invested in them. It is hard to feel that with short stories. Fittingly, my initial reaction to this boo ...more
The book is, however, a short story collection and I usually do not like short stories, mostly because my favorite aspect of fiction are the characters and specifically I love when I get carried away with the characters and invested in them. It is hard to feel that with short stories. Fittingly, my initial reaction to this boo ...more
Every time I read one her books, I have one feeling throughout the course of the book: FREE. I don't know why, but I always walk away with that feeling and I love it. The only redundancy I'd like to see changed would be Ms. Lahiri's ongoing theme of children of Indian immigrants always marrying a non-Indian. It makes me wonder if she's pulling from personal experience? Other than that aspect, I always feel a connection to her characters and her families in some form or fashion. A first generatio
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A beautifully written collection of short stories exploring cultural identity and the sense of obligation to family and relationships. While I savored Lahiri's gorgeous prose, I found it difficult to understand the motivations of her complex characters, so many of whom seemed incapable of decisive action or the fortitude to break from their complicated histories. All the same, most of the stories (save for the 2 stories I felt completely ambivalent about) left me wanting more. The stories felt b
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Nice collection of short stories about Bengali's in the United States. Very good writer
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Though I've enjoyed all of Lahiri's stories, this collection is my favorite because of the emotional depth. Despite the requisite dose of depression, inescapable in most "serious" literature, these stories have heart. As always, the prose is lovely in its manicured grace.
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Not as good as her others, but still excellent.
May 12, 2008
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it was amazing
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