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I second Birdsong. Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake and Interpreter of Maladies also come to mind.

... lost total track of the time, *yawn*). I rather liked The Namesake but not as much as her collection of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies, which I thought was just excellent. (It did win the Pulitzer Prize.) And, jubby, I seem to have left poor old Margaret Olley by the wayside! ...

I loved, loved, loved both Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth!

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Lahiri's first book of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and I still think back on some of the stories in it. Unaccustomed Earth, while it didn't have as much of an impact on me, is still a very ...

4. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri I'll admit it -- I bought Interpreter of Maladies for the sole reason that I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. And come-to-find-out, this collection was one of the best purchases I've made this year. One day I'll eat these ...

... was already on my TBR but I'm even more keen to read it now - also so pleased you liked Unaccustomed Earth. I loved Interpreter of Maladies, bought on the basis of one of the stories which appeared in the New Yorker during the magic year I actually had a subscription (too expensive in ...

A couple I do not need to add to the Continent: Interpreter of Maladies and Mudbound, but only because they are already there!

... next time I buy a new book, it will be one by Barbara Kingsolver! #24 - BDB, I am looking forward to your thoughts on Interpreter of Maladies. #26 - Linda, with all the positive reviews for Kingsolver, I think we both need to try one of her books! #27 - Luna, All Quiet on the Western ...

... Kingsolver I have read and I really enjoyed it. There are glimpses of the same themes that Gilead features. Cait, Interpreter of Maladies is on the TBR list for the next couple of months. I'll let you know. My wife raved about it.

#124 - Great! I totally loved Unaccustomed Earth - I am looking forward to seeing how it compares to Interpreter of Maladies. #123 - Well, I am glad you don't think I did anything wrong - my dad always shakes his head when I bring home a new book :)

Cait - Great review of Unaccustomed Earth. I read it earlier this year, and I really liked it too. I highly recommend Interpreter of Maladies too, although I liked Unaccustomed Earth just a little better. The Namesake, Lahiri's novel, is excellent too, although I think she's best in the ...

... my opinion, the strongest stories in the book - though all eight narratives are wonderful. I went looking for Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies yesterday after reading a favourable review of it here on LT. Alas, my book store did not have it in stock, so I picked up Unaccustomed Earth ...

I am a huge fan of both Lahiri collections! Unaccustomed Earth was one of my Top Reads of 2008 and Interpreter of Maladies made the list in 2007. Well done, Cait. Of course you weren't doing anything wrong!! There, there...

I really enjoyed your review of Interpreter of Maladies, so today when I had about 5 hours to kills between meetings and dinner plans, I went to Chapters to look for it. They didn't have it, but they did have Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth. I read the first 3/4 of the book sitting in the store (t ...

... but I've been meaning to one day. I finished Elsewhere. Current reads are Persuasion (Austen) and Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri). The former is the best book I've read all year (then again, I've read it at least 15 times), and the latter is excellent. Next ...

Hehe! For once you've written a review that is not going to lengthen my wishlist. That's because I've already read Interpreter of Maladies and also loved it.

20) Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (review)

... go to bed early) for three days following the wedding didn't allow for all that much reading time! I got through most of Interpreter of Maladies on the flight over, despite a baby three rows behind screaming non stop for the first two and a half hours. Wonderful book. The writing is just ...

... collections: The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories by Joan Silber The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpha Lahiri

... a birthday babycino, and said "make it as over-the-top as you can". More chocolate than milk in her cup!) I hope you like Interpreter of Maladies, I thought it was simply marvellous. Miss-Owl, I'm not sure if I'd be worried about never reading The Lord of the Flies. I had to read it at ...

... can't exactly pin down why. Perhaps the characters are more real and believable on the second meeting . . . Next up is Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Short stories and a Pulitzer prize winner.

Kathi, I also enjoyed Interpreter of Maladies and, on the Indian theme, must get back to The Inheritance of Loss.

... stories from Unaccustomed Earth with no more than one a day so as to draw the experience out a bit. I did the same with Interpreter of Maladies. I was just like you, kambrogi, in not being a fan of short stories...and I would still have trouble focusing on an entire collection at one time. ...

... and if you really must read Unaccustomed Earth, her more recent collection of short fiction. It's just as wonderful as Interpreter of Maladies.

Thanks for your review of Interpreter of Maladies. I first heard about Lahiri in a TIME magazine article and was curious about her works. Your favourable review pushes her higher up my TBR list. =)

... src="http://www.librarything.com/picsizes/04/58/80fb73de3de0a4887c28b7099e29446d.jpg"> #14 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. This was just as good as everyone said it was, but it took me a while to finish it, because I have trouble reading short stories - ...

144. The Golden Argosy - Cartmell & Grayson (656) 145. The Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (208) April stats: 40 books, 11,613 pages Yearly total: 143 books, 45,046 pages

^^^ I hope you enjoy it. 12.The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri I found it to be quite interesting, I'll be reading The Namesake soon. But next I'm ready to tackle something longer, I'm thinking either Swann's Way or Moby Dick. Je ne sais pas!!

Orangeena and Bonnie--It looks like I will have to read Unaccustomed Earth and Interpreter of Maladies. I purposely avoided those because I am not a big fan of short stories and don't usually read them without a specific and enthusiastic recommendation. I have read The Namesake by her, ...

#179, 180, etc - At the risk of beating a dead horse, regarding the Lahiri discussion above, I am a great fan of her's but The Interpreter of Maladies is probably my least favorite of her books. I also don't consider myself a fan of the short story but I absolutely loved Unaccustomed Earth! ...

I think Interpreter of Maladies is one of the best collections of short stories by a single author. arubawoman, have you talked about Property yet?

... (I'm sure you know what I mean, but I don't want to include spoilers). That said, your comments make me look forward to Interpreter of Maladies. I, too, am not usually a short story fan, but the book has received such accolades that I didn't want to pass it by.

168: msf59 & 172: jhedlund I've read Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies and absolutely loved it, too -- in fact, I read the whole thing in one long afternoon this past winter! Her voice is so lyrical and stunning . . . what I love about it is what I love about The Namesake, too -- the small ...

... - Huh, I was a bit underwhelmed with The Namesake. I thought it was good, but not great. I've heard great things about Interpreter of Maladies though, so I will try her again. I'm curious what you loved about the book. I'm always interested when people's perspectives are different from ...

... and immigrants as they try to reconcile their family traditions and a new culture. Unaccustomed Earth is her most recent. Interpreter of Maladies also excellent - both short stories. They both make an interesting generational change after stories of the Raj.

My honors thus far, probably in order, go to: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead by Saralee Rosenberg March by Geraldine Brooks Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin Can't wait to see what the next few months will bring! ...

Ive just listed Interpreter of Maladies if anyone hasnt read it yet.......

... Plague by Albert Camus, anything by Tim Winton, Remains of the Day by Ishiguro and interesting that you mentioned The Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri (I loved it and I assumed that the Namesake should be good too?) keep the nudges coming!, ticks so far for Brothers K, Bel Canto, Co ...

... but I can't say whether they are right for you. For Jhumpa Lahiri, I'd easily recommend Interpreter of Maladies over The Namesake as her better book in my opinion.

... picks up a pencil, and effortlessly becomes the person she is writing about. What a talent. Like her first book, Interpreter of Maladies, which won a Pulitzer Prize, this is another collection of short stories—eight of them, but not so short at 333 pages. The final three stories are ...

Jhumpa Lahiri's collections: Interpreter of Maladies - a Pulitzer winner a few years ago, every story is a winner - and Unaccustomed Earth. The Deportees by Roddy Doyle. I haven't finished this yet, but the first one was excellent, "Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner." I've heard ...

... started, this book is irresistible. Recommended to those of you who have enjoyed By the Sea, Half of a Yellow Sun, Interpreter of Maladies . . .etc.

... started, this book is irresistible. Recommended to those of you who have enjoyed By the Sea, Half of a Yellow Sun, Interpreter of Maladies . . .etc.

Read: Beloved In Progress: The Forever War, the Roald Dahl Omnibus To Read: Interpreter of Maladies, The man who fell in love with the moon

Just finished Interpreter of Maladies, so can start on Fire in the Blood. Interpreter of Maladies Collection of nine short stories, all of them excellent. Lahiri is gently sympathetic towards her characters, who include expatriate Indians settling into the US, first-generation Indian Ameri ...

Oh, me again. I have read 31. I can't seem to find a copy of Interpreter of Maladies (2000). That would finish up this decade for me. I am sort of working backwards, but not exactly. I need two more from the 90's and the further back I go the more I need to read.

Moved this tally to post #2.

... book that stayed with me. I loved the writing and found many quotable quotes. BANGLADESH (Immigrants to London) The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. A lot has been said on LT about the wonder of this book! This slim volume was an absolute pleasure to read. Lahiri is a ...

I stayed up very late last night to finish Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies -- totally worth it! And now I've started Brenda Janowitz's Scot On The Rocks. I've had a very ecclectic reading week! edited to fix touchstones

... picking up the latest installments. I'll probably have this one finished by the end of the night, and I'm picking up Interpreter of Maladies next -- it's been on my TBR list for a very long time. I want to finish it before I get Unaccustomed Earth in paperback this spring!

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (short stories) The Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell --- kind of a twist on the immigration idea. It is narrated by the daughter of an American family living in Shanghai. The mother and daughter return to America during the Japanese invasion, ...

... but I think that for the 999 Challenge I may be reading them willy-nilly. My tentative list is: i. Empire Falls ii. The Interpreter of Maladies iii. The Hours iv. The Shipping News v. American Pastoral vi. Beloved vii. The Killer Angels viii. The Fixer ix. The Grapes ...

Book #3 - Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri - Finished January 4, 2008 I loved Jhumpa Lahiri's first two books (Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake), but in my opinion, this is her best yet. With Unaccustomed Earth, Lahiri returns to the short story format, which is definitely ...

What a great list! I loved three of your Pulitzer books -- Interpreter of Maladies, March and Gilead. Good luck, and sorry you were so sick this year!

... by Anita Rau Badami Best collection of familiar essays: At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman Best short stories: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Best science fiction: The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper Best memoir: Lost, a Memoir by Cathy Ostlere Best comfort read: T ...

55. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri Her first book. Nine short stories. Wins the Pulitzer Prize. Need I say more about the goodness of this book? Yes, knowing me. The first sentence from the story, "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar": "For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, ...

I choose Interpreter of Maladies, from the library of AMQS. I may even add that to my Everestian TBR pile. (Yes, I think Everest-ian is a newly coined word).

Done with #69, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It was pretty great-- she is an excellent writer, and the emotional content of the book was beautifully sincere-- but it felt awfully repetitive, and a lot of the characters tended toward passivity. However, the scenarios were pretty ...

... for me right now, but next up will probably include: • Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead • Size 12 Is Not Fat • Interpreter of Maladies • Three Junes

... Atwood Best graphic memoir: Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi Best short story collection (3 way tie): Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Come to Me by Amy Bloom Best nonfiction by an author I wish was my ...

... only 5: The Master by Colm Toibin The Leopard by di Lampedusa Miss Mole by E.H. Young Embers by Marai Sandor Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Picking 10 wasn't easy but selecting 5 is brutal: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris The Known Worldby Edward P. Jones March by Geraldine Brooks My copy of The Book Thief is on it' ...

... January, but we'll see... Happy reading! Bonnie P.S. You've got quite a few of my "favorites" in your library (e.g., Interpreter of Maladies is one of my all-time favorite collection of short stories) so I'll keep a lookout for your postings.

... last night. I'm nearly halfway through it already, so I anticipate finishing it tonight or tomorrow. I also started reading Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri last night.

... Cabret Persepolis Blankets The Arrival Ethel and Ernest The Lost Thing Short Stories: Interpreter of Maladies Olive Kitteridge Come to Me - (Amy Bloom) Nonfiction: In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan Amish Grace Thre ...

... Brodie Plays (1-8) The Glass Menagerie (9-16) Blithe Spirit Short Stories (1-8) Ficciones (9-16) Interpreter of Maladies Extra Credit: 1001 Remainders (1-8) The Third Policeman (9-16) The Sound and the Fury Spies and Private Eyes The Innocent ...

My 43rd book for 2008 was The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a slim compilation of wonderful short stories, highly recommended. I just finished my 74th book on the 75 Book Challenge for the year :) wonderlake and jodyreadseverything, I'd love to read Cold Comfort Farm. ...

I started reading Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies yesterday afternoon. What a wonderful writer. I am pairing it with Marrying Anita by Anita Jain a book I purchased some months ago after hearing the author intervieded on NPR. I put this book aside after a few chapters, annoyed with ...

... a recommendation from TrishNYC. Brick Lane, Hidden, Marley and Me, a illustrated 1948 copy of The Moonstone, Interpreter of Maladies, Abide With Me, Ghost, Shutter Island, The Seduction of Water, and replaced some paperbacks with hardbacks, etc...... I can't remember all ...

... in here. What I've Read: 1961 - To Kill A Mockingbird 1992 - A Thousand Acres 1995 - The Stone Diaries 2000 - Interpreter of Maladies 2006 - March What I'm Reading: 1923 - One of Ours What is on My TBR shelf: 1921 - The Age of Innocence 1983 - The Color Purple 198 ...

... O'Connor 2. The O. Henry Prize Winners - 2007 - finished 3. The Best American Short Stories 2007 - finished 4. Interpreter of Maladies - finished 5. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges - fnished 6. Where I'm Calling From 7. The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

... O'Connor 2. The O. Henry Prize Winners - 2007 - finished 3. The Best American Short Stories 2007 - finished 4. Interpreter of Maladies - finished 5. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges - fnished 6. Where I'm Calling From 7. The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

... Russo (Alfred A. Knopf) 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House) 2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin) 1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 1998 American Pastora ...

... read Davis-Goff's memoir of her childhood, Walled Gardens? It's very interesting. On another subject, I just picked up Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri.

... copy, but Borders get enough of my money that I'm sure they can stand the occasional in-store read! I'm still reading The Interpreter of Maladies, but I'm not reading any more than one story a day, otherwise I tend to forget the stories (that's just me and short stories, not a comment on ...

... Here are my top five so far: Sorry Gail Jones Small Island Andrea Levy The Road Home Rose Tremain Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri Disquiet Julia Leigh The Girls Lori Lansens The Lieutenant Kate Grenville Two Caravans Marina Lewyck ...

I'm just about to crack into Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri which seems to have had lots of positive LT feedback.

182: bnbooklady- Glad you loved Interpreter of Maladies. It's a wonderful book and the latest Unaccustomed Earth, is as good if not better. What an incredible author!

I finished and LOVED Interpreter of Maladies, as I knew I would. My review is at The Book Lady's Blog. I'm now into The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Open ...

... guess reading through my posts above I would have to say . . . All of the Kate Grenville's Disquiet The Girls Interpreter of Maladies The Road Home Small Island Sorry The Story of Forgetting The Spare Room Breath Ursula, Under The Deportees The Red Tent ...

I'm halfway through Interpreter of Maladies and am totally kicking myself for not reading it sooner, and for reading it during a very busy week. It would normally be a one-sitting kind of book for me, but that's just not happening. Next up: who knows!

>123: bnbooklady, I loved Interpreter of Maladies .. actually I don't think I've read anything by Lahiri yet which I've not enjoyed. I've had to abandon Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka because halfway through I discovered that there are 15 pages missing. Arrgghh... Am switching to Getti ...

momom: enjoy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I'll be interested to know how you like it. I started Interpreter of Maladies last night. It's beautiful, of course. I love Lahiri and don't know why it's taken me so long to go back to her first book. I'm sure it's a fave in the making.

... but it's so good that I don't want it to end. Afterwards, I have several ARCs, but I'm feeling tempted to go with either Interpreter of Maladies (for a reading challenge) or Cowboys Are My Weakness because a trusted reading friend recommended it. We'll see.

well I hated The Jane Austen Book Club. Book #8: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

the interpreter of maladies jhumpa lahiri come back, dr caligari donald barthelme the braindead megaphone george saunders "the 400-lb. ceo" george saunders "the wavemaker falters" george saunders technically "megaphone" isn't an occupation (although it is used as a metaphor for ...

... was kind enough to send me a beautiful new copy of Why We Hate Us, so I'll be reading that ASAP. Also on deck are Interpreter of Maladies and several others...we'll see what happens.

Just a quick post to update my list. 50. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri A wonderful collection of short stories that I have been savoring for the past two months. I hated to read the last one, but then she does have a new collection out that I've heard good things about. ...

... Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie, Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala, The Namesake and The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, or Brick Lane by Monica Ali. For Cuba Alejo Carpentier's The Lost Steps or Before night Falls by Rei ...

... Moon by Stephanie Meyer a great continuation of the story, am determined to read the next in the series asap 16/50 Interpreter of Maladies byJhumpa Lahiri wow....this collection of stories was amazing! I cant wait to read the namesake 17/20 The secret life of bees by Sue Mon ...

... World and Other Places by Jeanette Winterson The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath edited by Karen V. Kukil Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Traveling Light: On the Road with America's Poor by Kath Weston Kindred by Octavia Butler Jorge Luis Borges: Sele ...

richard: I'm so looking forward to Interpreter of Maladies and know I will love it. I do *heart* Ms. Lahiri in a deep and profound way. We have not, in fact, had the Ursula K. LeGuin talk, and no, I haven't read any of her books. I don't really do sci-fi, but since it looks like Orsinian Tal ...

... too much about, and offers it to the said biblioholic! I reel backwards, clutching my chest for the shock! Prediction: Interpreter of Maladies will make it to the top of your "Jhumpa Lahiri, reasons I love" list. Myself, color me entranced. I've bought copies for every biblioholic I ...

... books I packed for my 5 day visit. Ah, parents. With newly acquired giftcard in hand, I hit the bookstore and purchased Interpreter of Maladies, which I've been wanting to read forever and don't really know how I haven't done it yet, especially since I loved both The Namesake and Unaccusto ...

84. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Exquisite set of short stories which are beautifully detailed in their telling. Each story deals with the feelings of the outsider - the new migrant, or someone trying to fit in. Each of the characters is so well written, they feel like old ...

Having given up on The dream life of Sukhanov I picked up Interpreter of Maladies and am so glad I did.

The Namesake is good, but her short stories are phenomenal. I'm dying to read Unaccustomed Earth, as I loved Interpreter of Maladies.

... month~ OC: Far From the Madding Crowd, The Small House at Allington, As I Lay Dying, Within a Budding Grove, Interpreter of Maladies, The Barracks Thief

... †As I Lay Dying ****½ by William Faulkner 7/31/08 Within a Budding Grove ****½ by Marcel Proust 7/31/08 Interpreter of Maladies (#175) **** by Jhumpa Lahiri 7/31/08 The Barracks Thief ***½ by Tobias Wolff 7/31/08

I read Interpreter of Maladies early on, and it blew me away. And I think Unaccustomed Earth lived up to it, but it was years between readings.

... final length...but found it stretched as is. Have you read Unaccustomed Earth? I keep wondering if they live up to Interpreter of Maladies.

... The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I thought I was going to love this book, I've really enjoyed her short stories (Interpreter of Maladies was superb). I did love the first few chapters and the last couple of chapters, but everything in between dragged a bit for me. I found myself just ...

... The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I thought I was going to love this book, I've really enjoyed her short stories (Interpreter of Maladies was superb). I did love the first few chapters and the last couple of chapters, but everything in between dragged a bit for me. I found myself just ...

Thanks, Blackdogbooks - I'm definitely going to read more Cather! #49 - Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri - Finished July 16, 2008 I'd read stories from this collection in the past, but had never read the whole collection at one time. I love Lahiri's writing style - her spare ...

... Palahniuk 20. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 21. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby 22. Interpreter of maladies : stories by Jhumpa Lahiri Fourth title in my top three. 23. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan Did he just ...

Today I finished Interpreter of Maladies which is very good and Brave New World. I think I will start on The Lovely Bones tonight.

104. Interpreter of Maladies/ by Jhumpa Lahiri - A wonderful collection of short stories. I normally avoid short stories and I'm glad I didn't avoid this book. I can see why it won awards. 105. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - There was a statement early in the book that made me laugh, ...

50. The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri ***** 198 pages Excellent collection of stories. I couldnt put it down! 50/50 (100%) !!! 18,418/16,000 Time to bump up the challenge! I'm going to attempt to read 75 books by December 31st. I don't know how close I'll make it, but I ...

27. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri A beautifully written book of short stories which were poignant, thought-provoking, or exquisitely sad portraits. Each tale left an imprint which lingered for a long time after, so that they couldn't be read all at once but had to be ...

... You’d Gone by Maggie O’ Farrell Mosquito by Roma Tearne The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

... the bookstore's in the mall.... and I suppose I don't have to tell you I'm still wearing holey shoes. But I picked up: Interpreter of Maladies and Austenland on the BOGO 1/2 off deal, and Rant for the birthday special deal of 30% off. Austenland was recommended to me by someone ...

... Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996) 37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003) 38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998) 39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000) 40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000) 41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984) 42. LaBrava, ...

24. Interpreter of Maladies. I heartily disliked The Namesake - fine for the first half, terrible for the second - but I was engrossed with most stories in this collection. Even the last grew on me, although I still feel it is less well-written and inventive than the rest of the storie; its ...

thekoolaidmom, I can't believe you walked right past Dreams from my Father and Interpreter of Maladies and were so heartless as to not take them home! Such fantastic books so cruelly discarded...

... I did manage to escape before the BOGO half off rack and torture shelf got me. I will be back for them, though... Interpreter of Maladies and Dreams of My Father were begging, pleading even, for me to adopt them. It broke my heart to leave them there... unloved and alone... :' ...

... I'm feeling a bit lost without the characters. Stupid war. I think next I'm going to treat myself to a re-read of Interpreter of Maladies, and I should start Lord of the Flies, a Go Review that Book! assignment. (Which probably feels more so because in my head it's a book no-one ever ...

... and put In Defence of Food by Michael Pollan back on the shelf. Didn't like it. I'm still picking stories out of Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I'll make it last as long as I can. This is fun: Quest of the Spider and The Polar Treasure, reprints from the 1930's ...

14. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

#43 The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. This slim volume was an absolute pleasure to read. Lahiri is a masterful storyteller and what she is able to accomplish in a short story is incredible.

78. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri, 1999 Pulitzer Prize (Fiction), 2000 Short stories by an Indian American who captures the feelings of alienation and loneliness, but also the delight and warmth of people who have lived in two cultures. Excellent.

... Of course, there is always online renewal so I could conceivable have the book for 9 weeks which would work! I loved Interpreter of Maladies and will have to look for Brain Work.

... by Richard Russo this afternoon. Just started In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. For short stories, I'm on Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Stories are sharp and tight.

... of one story per day, so I should be finishing it on Monday. I haven't decided whether I'm going to immediately start on Interpreter of Maladies immediately after that, or if I'm going to give some of Ian McEwan's short stories a try.

... other works. It's probably one of the smartest and most beautifully written collections of stories I've read overall (Interpreter of Maladies and Brain Work up there as well though), so I'll look forward to hearing what you think :)

I finished Interpret of Maladies yesterday and absolutely loved it. Two amazing books in one week! I started Pictures of Hollis Woods last night and am enjoying that as well. All three of these books are part of my 888 Challenge which is a good thing because I am really lagging behind on ...

19. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri - I absolutely loved this collection of short stories. Each one was better than the last. This is also one of my 888 Challenge Books.

... of hers and found the audio version of The Namesake, also fantastic. She write very beautifully. I can't wait to read Interpreter of Maladies. I picked up from the thrift store, American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.

... first few stories, and I absolutely love it. It's the first Lahiri book I've read, and reading it inspired me to go pick up Interpreter of Maladies yesterday.

From the used bookstore: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Life of Pi by Yann Martel Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Drop City by T.C. Boyle Clearly I went a little nuts with some of the books ...

... last night - actually stayed up way too late finishing it. It was very good and extremely disturbing. I am about to begin Interpreter of Maladies which I have been looking forward to for some time now.

Friends of the library sale today. These followed me home: The Confessions of Nat Turner The God of Small Things Interpreter of Maladies Things Fall Apart Balkan Ghosts From Bauhaus to Our House From Dawn to Decadence Tales from the Left Coast Trail of Tears The Known W ...

... my shelf for about 15 years. Not sure why I never picked it up before, but glad I did. For short stories, I've started Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Beautiful.

I loved Interpreter of Maladies, Marcy--what did you think of it? I've read Melissa Bank's The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, but I haven't read The Wonder Spot yet (although I have it on my iPod). You should visit the 50 Book Challenge chat thread: http://www.librarything.com/t ...

Some excellent reading for me in April: The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri Fifth Business - Roberston Davies Honorable mention: In the Wake -- Per Petterson

... novels by women writers 2006: March by Geraldine Brooks 2005: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1992: A Thousand Acres by ...

Oh, now I have had to put Wild Life on my wish list and move Interpreter of Maladies up my TBR pile! I thought I had read the latter, but it was something else similar. I tend to turn away from short stories, too, but am ready to do this one next!

Sorry for butting in....just had to say that I was not a fan of short stories. I bought Interpreter of Maladies at my favorite used bookstore because it had been so revered on LT. I took it with me on a week end of grandmothering when I knew I couldn't get involved in a novel and fell in love ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/039592720X.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 34. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Short stories. Exquisite. More to follow. (4.5/5)

... newfound commercial clout. The critics, of course, have been with her since the beginning. (Lahiri's first collection, Interpreter of Maladies won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000.) Unaccustomed Earth was reviewed on our cover a few weeks ago, though it's possible Lahiri never saw it. She ...

I loved Interpreter of Maladies, too. Did you read her other book, The Namesake?

Welcome to the group, Keith. You can't go wrong with Interpreter of Maladies. Wonderful book, wonderful writing. I don't know the other one. Look forward to hearing what you think of them.

With all this talk I just placed a hold on Unaccustomed Earth and am only #8. I have not yet read, The Namesake or Interpreter of maladies, is it ok to start with the newest?

... see people know about it and want it! (unhappy about the long wait though). Actually, I've only read two of the stories in Interpreter of Maladies, so I still have the rest of that to look forward to. Man, retirement can't get here too soon. Mount TBR is beginning to topple.

I'm enjoying UE so much, Nancy, that I think I'll have to pick up Interpreter of Maladies too. This is the first I've ever read Lahiri, and it's been a pleasant surprise. I bought UE because a friend who works at an independent bookseller kept pushing it on me. I also read a quote by Lahiri ...

I might re-read Interpreter of Maladies for the group read so it's something I'll keep in mind. I think I would have agreed with you that there were stories not about immigration/displacement but maybe it's just subtler in some? I'll have to find out!

... the US (via England) that dominates much of her writing). On the other hand, I remember a number of her stories in the Interpreter of Maladies focused on India that had little to do with immigration or displacement. I'm not sure I remember any of the U.S. focused ones not having something ...

I finally purchased my own copy of The Time Traveler's Wife and Middlesex. I also got Interpreter of Maladies. There were several others I *wanted* to bring home... new-ish book by Kate Mosse called Sepulchre...

... list in no particular order-but I had to list seven Fiction Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahir. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. The Road by Cormac McCarthy Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay Tr ...

I spent the day reading short stories from: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (yum!) The Portable Dorothy Parker The Sun magazine Ha Jin from Best American Short Stories 1999. Now, back to the conclusion of Never ...

... Death of Olivier Becaille" 12. W. Somerset Maugham - "Rain; Footprints In The Jungle; The Outstation" 13. Jhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies 14. Gertrude Stein - Three Lives 15. Tim O' Brien - The Things They Carried 16. Fyodor Dostoevsky - "Notes From the Underground; White Night ...

... tie-in paperback) by Ian McEwan The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Good Harbor by Anita Diamant Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier Three Junes by Julia Glass ...

How about short stories from Jhumpa Lahiri} Interpreter of Maladies and roald dahllamb to the slaughter Both are great short story books!

I know it! But what is it? I think its The interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I'm off to check.

My top 5 for 2007 - 1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, which led to... 2. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 3. Ines of my Soul by Isabel Allende 4. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 5. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Not a typical year for me - I read a lot of novels by ...

... I come across a collection that reminds me that I do like them. Women author-wise, I'd definitely put Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies on the list. Or anything by Katharine Mansfield, especially "The Garden Party."

I wasn't intending to really buy it, but Interpreter of Maladies sort of leapt into my outstretched hand (and for £2 it seemed wrong to put it back)...

... The Namesake it was excellent. Will keep an eye out for her new short story collection, but I am going to dig out The Interpreter of Maladies which is somewhere in my TBR pile. 6. Notes from the underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

> #104 torontoc: What did you think of Interpreter of Maladies? I loved it when it read it upon publication. Watch for her new book of short stories Unaccustomed Earth - don't know about publication in Canada, but in the US it is coming out this spring. I loved it. You are now ...

I just finished The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears, and Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I have just started The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.

9. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I really like a good book of short stories. and Lahiri's are superb. I found that her characters and situations that dealt with both India and the United States engaging and in some cases heart breaking. It is interesting that her stories have ...

... Carver "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen "How to Talk to Your Mother" by Lorrie Moore Anything from The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Anything from Ideas of Heaven: a ring of stories by Joan Silber "The Dead" by James Joyce

... by Jeffrey Eugenides Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Lesbian Novels Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden Hey, Dollface by Deborah Hautzig The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmi ...

... Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie PS, I Love You by Cec ...

... in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 2.) We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 3.) Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 4.) Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 5.) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

lindsacl (#115), I read Interpreter of Maladies several years ago, and while, like you, I am not often a fan of short stories (I like to settle in with the characters of a book and stay a while), I thought this was an excellent book--each story a little gem. The one about the troubled couple ...

>111: bookworm12, how did you like Interpreter of Maladies? It was one of my top 5 for 2007. I don't normally go in for short stories but these really grabbed me.

I finished half of my books and am now just wrapping up Interpreter of Maladies and Minority Report. I also started The Freedom Writers Diary.

... to wrap up before the end of the year. I'm almost done with The Alchemist and Swapping lives and I'm still reading Interpreter of Maladies. I finished Light on Snow and am now reading Minority Report and other stories. I'm hoping to finish all of the above in the next week and ...

... John Steinbeck (Q1) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Q1) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Q1) Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri (Q4) A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Q4) I had one re-read which ranked right up there with these five: To Ki ...

Just three truly stand out this quarter: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jumpa Lahiri A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey

... flees to London, where she becomes a housemaid in a large country estate. Sweet and simple as a fairy tale. 163. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri This collection of quiet, unsentimental short stories surveys Indian expatriates in the United States, Indian-Americans ...

... was good, but I think I was expecting more from all the good reviews it received. I'm now reading Slaughterhouse-Five and Interpreter of Maladies.

... short story collections. Some of the authors of these go on to write novels and some do not. A good example might be Interpreter of Maladies. I loved that book when it came out. I liked the novel The Namesake which followed Jhumpa Lahiri's book of short stories, but not as much as ...

... Anthony Trollope Aubrey/Maturin seriesby Patrick O'Brian The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Harry Potter series Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Honorable mentions: 100 Yea ...

... Lahiri I'm quite a fan of most Indian literature and while this isn't my favorite it's still quite good. However, I think Interpreter of Maladies was a better book. 15. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland Being diagnosed with BPD myself, ...

... with another for my favorite book of October. In the end, the earlier read won out. My favorite this month was Interpreter of Maladies, followed very, very closely by True History of the Kelly Gang. It was a great month, as I read several other books that might have "won" if ...

... World but I had to stop to read a book I have to review. Then I have the amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay and Interpreter of Maladies left. I have quite a few to do in the 90's, so I am ordering them now.

I'm finishing up Interpreter of Maladies which has been depressing and will bemoving on to I Am the Messenger which I picked up at the library yesterday.

... and one that stays with the viewer, unlike so many. I didn't know it was based on Lahiri's novel at the time. I loved Interpreter of Maladies, so this one goes near the top of my list. Mario Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller is an intriguing, somewhat challenging, novel told by a Peruvian ...

>55: bunagsbooks ... Coincidentally, I just read When the Emperor was Divine and Interpreter of Maladies concurrently! Whenever I read short stories or essays, I like to have another book going at the same time, so I can set the short stories aside and let them rattle around in my head for a ...

... down until I finished it, so now I have to run home and grab another book (I'm housesitting this week). I'm gonna grab Interpreter of Maladies off my shelf to begin reading. I think I'll grab When the Emperor was Divine as well just in case I finish this book early and seeing how so ...

... with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain The Sweetest Dream by Doris Lessing And last night from Amazon I got Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.

>150: dchaikin, Jhumpa Lahiri's book, Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of her short stories. Many of them were first published in magazines. I just read this book and it was superb. And I guess others thought so, too, because it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. I heartily ...

>136--I want to read The Interpreter of Maladies soon, but The Namesake was literally pressed into my hands by a friend who said, "You have to read this," so I'm starting there.

I just finished Interpreter of Maladies, which was brilliant. I should wrap up When the Emperor was Divine in the next day or so. That, too, is quite good.

130 & 136: I liked both of Lahiri's books, The Namesake and Interpreter of Maladies. I find it hard to say that one is better than the other since they are quite different (one a novel, one short stories).

--> 124, 125, 127, etc. Far better than The Namesake was Jhumpa Lahiri's book of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.

--> 124, 125, 127 Far better than The Namesake was Jhumpa Lahiri's book of short stories Interpreter of Maladies.

I enjoyed The Namesake but I'm reading Interpreter of Maladies now and enjoying it even more. Cariola, you are spot on: exquisite.

I started Interpreter of Maladies tonight and am really enjoying it. Whenever I read short stories or essays I like to savor each one, and if I have another book going at the same time, I can let each story rattle around in my head for a while. So I'm about to start When the Emperor was Divine ...

I started A Woman in Jerusalem yesterday and, thanks to an afternoon in an airplane, finished it today. Next I'll read Interpreter of Maladies.

... 626.html">review 54. A Woman in Jerusalem - review 55. Interpreter of Maladies - review 56. When the Emperor was Divine - A_musing in Reading Globally : USA: Contemporary New England regional writers (Sep 23, 2007, 11:27pm)

... may be a small town, but it is a very international small town - on both sides of the river. That's why I think of the Interpreter of Maladies as a collection of Bengal/Boston stories, representing the best of our regional writing. Of course, Lahiri lived in RI, so she's really more ...

... des jours Of Human Bondage The Secret History Leaves of Grass The Debt to Pleasure The Great Gatsby The Interpreter of Maladies Pride and Prejudice (This might be a rerun; sorry.)

Not to raise the expectations far too much, but I, too, loved Interpreter of Maladies.

... reading but not buying. Does it win a place on the shelf so I can read it again? No. It's not going to end up next to Interpreter of Maladies. But I'd like to see what Lalwani does with more original material and less "creative" writing of the kind that marred the opening chapters.

... by Mercedes Lackey 4. The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery 5. Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey 6. The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 7. Emma by Jane Austen 8. The Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey 9. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ru ...

I love bookstore gift certificates. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust

#35 it's fixed. Man, she is stunning! And Interpreter of Maladies is one of my favourite books.

I think Interpreter of Maladies is worth mentioning here. Living in New York, with mostly immigrant friends, I of course knew something about the issues that immigrants can face but Interpreter of Maladies is the book that really made me visualize the difficulty of starting life in a new place ...

... well known authors such as Haruki Murakami and T.C. Boyle to recently known authors such as Jhumpa Lahiri for Interpreters of Maladies* or lesser known authors such as Z.Z. Packer for Drinking Coffee Elsewhere and Rattawat Lapcharoensap for Sightseeing. I'm ...

... about a mother and daughter instead of father and son, would they have won the Pulitizer? Sadly, I think not. Even the Interpreter of Maladies is a man, is he not? I'm listening to The Road on audio now and I'll hold my comments until I've finished. I'm enjoying the excellent, spare ...

... of her favorite books in South Asian lit are: Anything by Salman Rushdie, Shadow Lines, Baumgartner's Bombay, The Interpreter of Maladies, God of Small Things, some stuff by Naipal, some stuff by Mahasweta Devi, and some stuff by Bharati Mukherjee. As for Japanese ...

A question: What's everybody doiong about short story collections - not the The Interpreter of Maladies type but more like the Henry James collection of short stories type - where there are 10,000 books with 50,000 different combinations of his stories? I am reading The Turn of the Scre ...

--> 40 I added you to the bookray for Interpreter of Maladies. You'll get the confirmation via BC PM (BookCrossing private message). --> 1 I am always torn about things like this. I suggest not being torn about such issues. One of the many things that book traders (moochers ...

#39, Those are my two biggies, too, as well as 43Things. Hey, is it too late to get in on theInterpreter of Maladies bookray?

-->36 Uh Oh! Wait until you get Interpreter of Maladies (my bookray). It is such a good book. Get your wallet out! ;-) I bought this book just to send it on a bookray as I had already read it myself. My original read came from the library...if I remember correctly.

... wanted to start The Known World by Edward P. Jones, but don't think I'll make it. #34 SqueakyChu - I, too, loved Interpreter of Maladies and I am not a short story reader. #39 Lizzier - I really enjoyed reading Mao the unknown story. Are you enjoying it? When I was in school I ...

... collection for which she won the 2000 Pulitzer prize for fiction. I've read The namesake by the same author but liked Interpreter of Maladies much more. Please send me a PM via BookCrossing with your mailing preferences if you'd like to join. I highly recommend this book -- ...

... I am in the middle of so here is my progress: February: (8) Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt (Pulitzer 1997) (9) Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (Pulitzer 2000) Total Books: 9 Total Pages: 2,792 (56/day) Total Words: 971,860 (19,437/day)

I personally loved Interpreter of Maladies. I think your idea of reading only Pulitzer Prize winning books is interesting. I mostly read for entertainment these days, as my job and graduate school are very stressful, and reading is a pleasure and a release. Thus, I find myself reading a lot ...

... read? I can tell you that is challenging for me - everything sounds so interesting. Today, I went to the library and took Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri and Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I've received good and bad reviews on both from friends and forums. I think I'm ...

Paola The Interpreter of Maladies is wonderful. I would strongly recommend it. Of course, as short stories you could always read a few and then come back (but somehow I expect you'll be hooked once you start)! I've been intrigued by The Thirteenth Tale but resisted buying it in hardback. Some ...

The last three books I bought (last Saturday) were The Thirteenth Tale by Diane setterfield, The Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. What shall I read first? Right now I am in the middle of The meaning of night by Michael ...

SqueakyChu and Opinicus, I would concur that Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies outclasses The Namesake. Not to give the impression that the latter is bad - it is a worthy novel, but the short story collection is exceptional.

... What do those of you who have read it think of it? "Brutal"...in a good way or a bad way, Opinicus? Opinicus...pick up Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri as well. Those are short stories which IMHO are even better than her novel.

Interpreter of Maladies is brilliant, as is her first novel, The Namesake

... up for some great short stories? Try some of these books: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami (Japan) Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (Thai) ... and, no, these stories are *not* about prostitutes, sex, or drugs.

The Namesake was good, but have you read Interpreter of Maladies, allthesedarnbooks? I'm not a huge fan of short stories (I like to settle down and get comfortable with characters, and short stories pass by too quickly for me), but these were fantastic.

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