{"product_id":"interpreter-of-maladies-9781690390596","title":"Interpreter of Maladies","description":"INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - PEN\/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER. With a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognizes her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakastani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Like the interpreter of the title story, Lahiri translates between the strict traditions of her ancestors and a baffling new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLahiri, Jhumpa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JHUMPA LAHIRI is the author of four works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eInterpreter of Maladies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Namesake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lowland\u003c\/i\u003e; and a work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eIn Other Words\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN\/Hemingway Award; the PEN\/Malamud Award; the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for \u003ci\u003eIn altre parole.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Turtleback Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482968822034,"sku":"9781690390596","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15791915-3a5c-42e8-932a-87f0fc99d69f.jpg?v=1730353476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/interpreter-of-maladies-9781690390596","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}