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Unaccustomed Earth

by Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth - Thryft
Unaccustomed Earth - Thryft
  • Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2008)
  • The Story Prize Nominee (2008)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2009)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Unaccustomed Earth

by Jhumpa Lahiri
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ISBN: 9788184000603
Authors: Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Random House India
Date of Publication: 2009-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 92486 readers)

Description

"Everyone has their secrets. In her stunning new collection of stories, Jhumpa Lahiri gently lifts the veil to reveal how even the most ordinary lives have their dramas and tragedies and then, as gently, lets it fall back down again. A middle aged man discovers that the death of his wife opens up his world in unexpected ways— his daughter worries that she will now have to look after him but finds that the tables have, in fact, turned; a housewife falls in love with a younger family friend—her child ascertains her secret many years on; a son is revulsed by his father’s second marriage to a young woman who has none of the sophistication and elegance of his mother; a sister tries to save her brother from alcoholism and finds herself rejecting him like everyone else. A young man and woman whose lives cross over the years, finally and fatedly fall in love. Unaccustomed Earth returns to the terrain—the heart of family life and the immigrant experience— that Jhumpa Lahiri has made utterly hers, but her themes, this time around, have darkened and deepened. Poised, nuanced, deeply moving, here is a superb collection: the finest she has written yet."
 
  • Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2008)
  • The Story Prize Nominee (2008)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2009)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.