Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

[Marina]

I can't remember how I discovered this book, but it sounds quite interesting, it has won the Pulitzer price and it will be the next book my bookclub at work will discuss.
I'm not used to reading short stories, but I look forward to try something outside my comfort zone!

[Brittany]

I read a few selections from this book for one of my undergrad lit. classes. They are fantastic. I will be rereading this one during the challege. I'm looking forward to it!

[Rhymes]

I stopped after the first short story. I thought it was too sad how they drift apart. I haven't been able to pick it up since. Let me know if it gets sadder :(

[Rhymes]

I stopped after the first short story. I thought it was too sad how they drift apart. I haven't been able to pick it up since. Let me know if it gets sadder :(

[Jasmine]

I'm debating between this one and Dubliners by James Joyce... Still have a couple of weeks to decide but I'll just follow the convo until then... :)

[Ali]

I'm considering this for the Pulitzer Prize winner week. I'll be watching to see how you like it.

[Steph]

I started this one years ago but didn't finish it. I look forward to reading it for Week 12 as I have heard great things and because it has won so many awards. I think that I will appreciate it more now that I have traveled and worked abroad and have many friends who are 1st and 2nd generation Americans. It is never easy leaving your home and culture and starting a new life elsewhere. This subject fascinates me.

[Marina]

Rhymes wrote: "I stopped after the first short story. I thought it was too sad how they drift apart. I haven't been able to pick it up since. Let me know if it gets sadder :("

I've read the first three, but they're not all sad like the first one.

[Steph]

Fabulous book, I highly recommend it. Yes, most of the stories are sad but this makes me grateful and I find that I complain less about trivial things. The last story is more hopeful, which was a great ending point.

[Jasmine]

I enjoyed this one. Being also a Pulitzer Prize winner, I thought that it would be WAY depressing and politically controversial, however, I actually found it to be more enjoyable and an easier read than I initially thought. Granted, most of the stories were still a little sad or bittersweet, but I actually expected worse. Being a second gen-er myself, I felt like I could relate to most of the characters. But all in all, I think I took away a much happier lesson than what may have been intended by the author.

I also really enjoyed the stories that actually took place in India. I would be curious to visit one day, but I've been told repeatedly that visiting India is for an education, not for a vacation...

My full review here.