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I'm 50, live in Austin, Texas but am a Northern California native and my heart still belongs there. I spend a lot of my time quilting, cooking, reading and working on my house. I've been keeping track for about ten years of all the books that I read. I had been writing comments but life got in the way and I need to start doing that again.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahirir

Two days ago I finished Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, this is a Pulitzer Prize winning book of short stories. As all of her books, the characters are all of Indian descent. These short stories vary in time but all have rich characters that she can bring to life and you generally get a picture of a time period in their lives. She has written two other books since this was published, Unaccustomed Earth which was another collection of short stories and a novel called The Namesake. She has probably been the author who introduced me to a group of Indian female writers that I have since really enjoyed. She's an amazing talent who bridges the gap in the differences between generations of India families.

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