num_pages: 311
description: This stunning debut collection has won almost every award bestowed on a first book of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize. Nine stories unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Like the interpreter of the title story, Lahiri translates between the strict traditions of her ancestors and a baffling new world.
language: English
title: Interpreter of Maladies
titlecomplete: Interpreter of Maladies
characters: Boori Maa, Twinkle, Shukumar, Mr. Das, Mrs. Sen, Mrs. Dalal, Dev Connolly, Mr. Pirzada, Laxmi, Elliot, Miranda, Lilia, Mr. Kapasi, Shobha, Sanjeev, Mrs. Das
genres: Short Stories, Literary Fiction, School, Adult Fiction, Literature, Indian Literature, India, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 188758
places: Kolkata, Connecticut, Odisha, Boston, Massachusetts
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: Thorndike Press