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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri · 2008 · 351 pages
These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. Here they enter the worlds of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. Rich with the signature gifts that have established Jhumpa Lahiri as one of our most essential writers, Unaccustomed Earth exquisitely renders the most intricate workings of the heart and mind.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Khaled Hosseini
“In some way, Lahiri is not exactly on unaccustomed ground in this collection, as she once more visits multigenerational family stories, most of them revolving around Bengali immigrants. But the tales are so vivid, so precise, so filled with such a quiet, emerging sense of humanity, as to make it seem fresh all over again. The characters in this collection are haunted by regret, isolation, loss, the weight of heritage, and tragedies both cataclysmic and personal. Lahiri brings them to life with her trademark gorgeous, effortless prose that manages to be both sparse and rich.”↗