num_pages: 198
description: Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection unerringly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. "A writer of uncommon sensitivity and restraint...Ms. Lahiri expertly captures the out-of-context lives of immigrants, expatriates, and first-generation Americans" (Wall Street Journal). In stories that travel from India to America and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Honored as "Debut of the Year" by the New Yorker and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, Interpreter of Maladies introduces a young writer of astonishing maturity and insight who "breathes unpredictable life into the page" (New York Times).~from back cover
language: English
title: Interpreter of Maladies
titlecomplete: Interpreter of Maladies
characters: Mr. Kapasi, Mrs. Das, Sanjeev, Dev Connolly, Mr. Das, Boori Maa, Laxmi, Mrs. Dalal, Mrs. Sen, Elliot, Twinkle, Miranda, Shukumar, Mr. Pirzada, Shobha, Lilia
genres: Adult, Indian Literature, Adult Fiction, India, Short Stories, School, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 188777
places: Boston, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kolkata, Odisha
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Short Stories, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Mariner Books