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| strong writing, haunting stories |
This collection of short stories is much more even and consistent than the author's prior "interpreter of maladies" and the characters more engaging in certain respects than 'the namesake'. While Lahiri's dispassionate style is almost clinical, the emotion she feels for her characters & their predicaments comes through in her elegant prose. While some of the plots can feel contrived at times, the best efforts here such as "Heaven-Hell" and "Unaccustomed Earth" are haunting and will stay with you for a while. |
4 Rating
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| Quintessential Lahiri |
After I finished reading this book, I didn't want to read anything else for a while. It was that good; I read it in a day. Her writing is infectious. While I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, I think that she outdoes herself in Part Two of the book, where she tells essentially the same story from the points of view of two people, Hema and Kaushik. One reviewer commented on the melodramatic aspect of her writing and while I admit that it seems she does go a bit heavy on it in this collection, it's what she does well and it works. I find the sameness and familiarity with which she writes comforting. With a Jhumpa Lahiri book, one always knows what one is going to get and that is what, in my opinion, makes her books so great. |
5 Rating
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| Good book in a very bad shape |
This is a very good book. But since I placed the order online so I did not have the privilege to check whether the book is in a good condition. When I received the book, I was shocked by seeing that the book has been bounded without cutting the front edge. So it looks very ugly. And it is a very bad experience I have ever got. |
4 Rating
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| Wonderful! |
Loved the book and all the stories. Lahiri is now my favorite author. Each charactor comes to life by the first paragraph. Can't wait for her next book. |
5 Rating
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| beautiful writing that reads easily |
Jhumpa Lahiri's book "Unaccustomed Earth" has a fluency of style and a depth of characters that belies her youth. Although it is a group of short stories, they link seamlessly to produce a beautiful canvas of the issues for first and second generation immigrants from a totally different culture. A memorable book |
5 Rating
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