Jhumpa Lahiri: Ji bing jie shuo zhe (Chinese language, 2005, Shanghai wen yi chu ban she)
213 pages
Chinese language
Published July 29, 2005 by Shanghai wen yi chu ban she.
Interpreter of Maladies is a book collection of nine short stories by American author of Indian origin Jhumpa Lahiri published in 1999. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in the year 2000 and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. It was also chosen as The New Yorker's Best Debut of the Year and is on Oprah Winfrey's Top Ten Book List. The stories are about the lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are caught between their roots and the "New World".
Excellent collection of short stories that deal with diaspora and cultural disconnect, told through the simplicity of characters' lives. Many wonderful examples, but the opening story ('A Temporary Matter'), 'A Real Durwan', 'Mrs. Sen's' and 'This Blessed House' are all terrific. Brilliant writing, scenarios and pace.
I really liked "This Blessed House," such a different story!
