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Unaccustomed Earth

19 Ratings: 3.1

a book by Jhumpa Lahiri

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review by MarySoderstrom. July 05, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Girls from Good Families, and the Stories They Write: Jhumpa Lahiri and Anita Rau Badami

Jhumpa Lahiri's short story collection Unaccustomed Earth kept me up reading over the weekend, and this despite the fact that I'd read four of the eight stories previously in The New Yorker. The book continues to explore a circle of character types she has written about before: upper middle-class, educated Indians and their children living in the United States. Full of carefully-observed detail, the stories present the dramas that resonate with those of many of the people who … more

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review by rakaka. June 30, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Universal Prose

Jhumpa Lahiri has a hauntingly sparse writing style, which in combination with her proclivity for writing about expatriates leaves one feeling as though they’ve just read something by Ernest Hemingway (only in a much shorter period of time). Of course, her style is not exactly the same as Hemingway’s. Lahiri’s works feel more modern and relevant. Because Unaccustomed Earth was a bestseller, Jhumpa Lahiri has been widely praised, and rightly so. She is one of my personal favorite … more

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review by amberlina. May 04, 2009

Lovely book

I totally loved this book - tried my hardest to read it slow but when I would pick it up I got completely caught up in the stories. I didn't think I was much a one for short stories. In fact, I didn't enjoy her first collection as well, but often that's just where I'm at and not the actual writing. But this book was just lovely through and through. Such an atmosphere to her characters and stories.

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