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Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Edition: Hardcover
Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307265730
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 335
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List price: $25.00
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 Emotions will linger long after you've finished the book, October 3, 2008
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I read the first story in this collection with a lump in my throat. The way Lahiri describes her characters and their stories is so simple, yet so incredibly heart wrenching that I found myself aching along with the characters. Her writing is amazingly simple, no overwrought descriptions or tediousness, but I just found myself gliding into her characters' lives and feeling all the emotions: the loss of loved ones, sadness, isolation and hope. I think her stories are so universal that everyone can find something to relate to. Read this book--you will not be disappointed. The stories and emotions will linger long after you put it down.
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A Perfect 10, September 26, 2008
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Jhumper Lahiri is doing for America's Bengali community what Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Bernard Malamud did for the Jews of America-and Lahiri lives comfortably with these greats.
Five short stories of love in a foreign climate-Bengali's adapting to America-and three forming a novella of the unfulfilled love between Hema and Kaushik.
These are stories to savour,that are completely satisfying on every level.
This is writing of Nobel prize standard without a doubt.
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Great storytelling, September 24, 2008
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I thought The Interpreter of Maladies was good, but this is even better. I most often prefer reading novels, but I have enjoyed Lahiri's stories so much. The length of the stories of the stories has a lot to do with it. Most are 50-60 pages. The last 3 stories are especially compelling. They follow 2 characters at various times in their lives: when they are children, in adolescence and later in their 30's.
Highly recomended.
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Great Stories..., September 24, 2008
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I don't know why but I found each story gripping...I was always disappointed when each story came to an end.
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Brilliant, September 15, 2008
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I absolutely loved every story, specially the last three, linked stories. The ending made me cry. Her words are so beautiful.
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