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A review by santreads
醫生的翻譯員 by Jhumpa Lahiri
5.0
Short stories are tricky. They sometimes seem banal and sometimes they seem like a short sweet summer affair. Interpreter of Maladies was a little different.
Each story consumed me completely. I got so invested in each story, in the characters - that it felt tragic that the story would end in about 20 pages and I wouldn't know what would happen next in their lives.
Each story started off with mind-numbingly boring details - but these details built you an imagery. It helped you feed off the emotions of the characters and that's what I loved about her writing so much.
Before I read this, I thought it was weird that a collection of short stories won a Pulitzer. Now I don't think it's that surprising at all.
Each story consumed me completely. I got so invested in each story, in the characters - that it felt tragic that the story would end in about 20 pages and I wouldn't know what would happen next in their lives.
Each story started off with mind-numbingly boring details - but these details built you an imagery. It helped you feed off the emotions of the characters and that's what I loved about her writing so much.
Before I read this, I thought it was weird that a collection of short stories won a Pulitzer. Now I don't think it's that surprising at all.