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Jhumpa Lahiri - Unaccustomed Earth

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Jhumpa Lahiri's exquisite short stories deal with the subtle dramas, crises, and occasional tragedies of Bengali immigrants attempting to assimilate and thrive in America. Selected as one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2008 and by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2008.
 

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Return to Form: Jhumpa Lahiri's Triumphant Second Collection of Short Stories

Date of Review:  Dec 12, 2008
The Bottom Line: Deeply insightful, Lahiri's second collection of short stories delves deeply into the lives of Bengali immigrants and their American children.  She slowly unravels the multi-layered lives of her characters.
Review: Winning a Pulitzer Prize for your debut collection of short stories isn't very common.  It also sets up very high expectations for your subsequent efforts.  Lahiri shot to fame with her first collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. ...
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Authors Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrator Sarita Choudhury
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  New York Times Book Review: "[In] this splendid volume...Lahiri handles her characters without leaving any fingerprints. She allows them to grow as if unguided, as she were accompanying them rather then training them....Reading her stories is like watching time-lapse nature videos of different plants...breaking through the soil, spreading into bloom or collapsing back to earth."

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  Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House (April 01, 2008)
Measurements: 5.25"(h) x 6"(w) x 1"(d), 0.55 lbs.
ISBN: 9780739341797
 

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