Displaying 1 of 1 1999 Title: Interpreter of maladies : stories / Jhumpa Lahiri. Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa. Call Number: FIC LAHIRI J Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999. Description: 198 p. ; 21 cm. Summary: "Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, they also speak with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Like the interpreter of the title story - Lahiri translates between the strict traditions of her ancestors and the baffling New World."--BOOK JACKET. Subjects: East Indian Americans -- Fiction. East Indian Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Adult core collection. Genre: Short stories. Notes: "A Mariner Original ; Mariner Books." Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2000. PEN/Hemmingway Award, 2000. Paging varies. Contents: A Temporary Matter -- When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine -- Interpreter of Maladies -- A Real Durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This Blessed House -- The Treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The Third and Final Continent. ISBN: 9780358213260 (pbk.) 9780395927205 (pbk.) 039592720X Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Similar titles Where Is It? Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
