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Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
This book is great. Jhumpa Lahiri is a wonderful writer. My only qualm is that sometimes, she's too detailed about each character, each scene that it can get over-bearing. She should sometimes focus on plot and story. Overall, it's definitely worth a read!
Edit: 1/22/23 - I'm not one to re-read books typically but because Lahiri is such a great writer of family dynamics and relationships, I wanted to re-visit this anthology of short stories now that I am at a different station of life (married, has kids). I wanted to see if the stories hit me differently and for the most part, it did. I initially wrote in my review in 2007 how I wish there was less character development and more story, but maybe it's just a product of having read more books as I get older, I feel now that the character development is what drives each story. She paints such a vivid picture of the relationships between people, the character flaws and triumphs with all of their pain and indignation and the cities they live in. It's such simple, everyday narratives but some of the stories hit you in your gut. I would say, I like Banerjee's collection of South Asian short stories a bit better than this because those stories really stayed with me but these were still sweet and simple. The last story though was my FAVORITE. The author captures the middle class immigrant experience so well and in that last story, I could completely picture my mom and dad as I read it.
Edit: 1/22/23 - I'm not one to re-read books typically but because Lahiri is such a great writer of family dynamics and relationships, I wanted to re-visit this anthology of short stories now that I am at a different station of life (married, has kids). I wanted to see if the stories hit me differently and for the most part, it did. I initially wrote in my review in 2007 how I wish there was less character development and more story, but maybe it's just a product of having read more books as I get older, I feel now that the character development is what drives each story. She paints such a vivid picture of the relationships between people, the character flaws and triumphs with all of their pain and indignation and the cities they live in. It's such simple, everyday narratives but some of the stories hit you in your gut. I would say, I like Banerjee's collection of South Asian short stories a bit better than this because those stories really stayed with me but these were still sweet and simple. The last story though was my FAVORITE. The author captures the middle class immigrant experience so well and in that last story, I could completely picture my mom and dad as I read it.