The Namesake is a full length novel written by Jhumpa Lahiri. Her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 and has been much loved by many. The Namesake is a beautiful book that has sense become a movie. I haven’t seen the movie, but I love the book. This [...]
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Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri is a collection of short stories that reminded me very much of Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri touches on some of the same themes such as the immigration experience for Indians, arranged marriages and love marriages, and the Americanization of generations and how they interact with older generations. Since [...]