hovers in the corner of the frame, his darkened, featureless shape superimposed on one side of my mother’s body. It was always the three of us. I was always there when he visited. It would have been inappropriate
I didn’t find anything I particularly wanted to read from 1999 – so I did some googling about 1999 books, and decided to listen to the audiobook of Jhumpa Lahiri’s debut collection of short stories. And, my goodness, it’s among the ...
The author of the forthcoming novel "The Lowland" says there is no such thing as immigrant fiction.Jhumpa LahiriThe author of the forthcoming novel "The Lowland" says there is no such thing as immigrant fiction: "What do we call the rest? Native fiction? Puritan fiction?"Q. What's the ...
"This Blessed House" fromInterpreter of Maladiesby Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books, 1999) Twinkle and her husband, Sanjeev, have recently moved into a new house. In hidden corners of cabinets, behind pipes and even out in the yard, Twinkle uncovers Christian paraphernalia, whether it be a figure...
It allows you to witness a beloved, hugely successful scribe—her four books include The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—give birth to a new, untested, uncertain yet determined authorial self. Writes Lahiri, "In Other Words is different. Almost everything in it happened to me." The ...