The Resource Interpreter of maladies : stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of maladies : stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
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- Summary
- In nine stories imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, Lahiri charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. This short fiction collection blends elements of Indian traditions with the complexities of American culture in such tales as "A Temporary Matter," in which a young Indian-American couple confronts their grief over the loss of a child, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 198 pages
- Contents
-
- A temporary matter
- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine
- Interpreter of maladies
- A real durwan
- Sexy
- Mrs. Sen's
- This blessed house
- The treatment of Bibi Haldar
- The third and final continent
- Isbn
- 9780395927205
- Label
- Interpreter of maladies : stories
- Title
- Interpreter of maladies
- Title remainder
- stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Subject
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- trueTour guides (Persons)
- trueFamily secrets
- trueGrief in parents
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueManners and customs
- trueMarital conflict
- trueParents of stillborn babies
- trueParents of stillborn infants
- truePhysicians
- trueRefugees
- Short stories
- trueStrangers
- trueTranslating and interpreting
- trueTranslators
- trueBereavement in parents
- trueCambridge, Massachusetts
- trueCulture conflict
- Domestic fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans
- trueEast Indian Americans -- Social life and customs
- East Indian Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans in India
- trueExtramarital affairs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In nine stories imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, Lahiri charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. This short fiction collection blends elements of Indian traditions with the complexities of American culture in such tales as "A Temporary Matter," in which a young Indian-American couple confronts their grief over the loss of a child, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout
- Award
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- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2000.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1999
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2000.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 004234
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3562.A316
- LC item number
- I58 1999
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- East Indian Americans
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- stories
- Label
- Interpreter of maladies : stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A temporary matter -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine -- Interpreter of maladies -- A real durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This blessed house -- The treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The third and final continent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780395927205
- Lccn
- 98050895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 40331288
- 328105
- Label
- Interpreter of maladies : stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A temporary matter -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine -- Interpreter of maladies -- A real durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This blessed house -- The treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The third and final continent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780395927205
- Lccn
- 98050895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 40331288
- 328105
Subject
- trueTour guides (Persons)
- trueFamily secrets
- trueGrief in parents
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueManners and customs
- trueMarital conflict
- trueParents of stillborn babies
- trueParents of stillborn infants
- truePhysicians
- trueRefugees
- Short stories
- trueStrangers
- trueTranslating and interpreting
- trueTranslators
- trueBereavement in parents
- trueCambridge, Massachusetts
- trueCulture conflict
- Domestic fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans
- trueEast Indian Americans -- Social life and customs
- East Indian Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans in India
- trueExtramarital affairs
Genre
Included in
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- truePEN/Hemingway Award
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 1999
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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