![]() What makes Lahiri’s take different, at least to me, was her very specific focus: She eschews the Big Event, the Sudden Plot Twist, and the Grand Statement. The overarching theme – a popular one among literary critics now – is the cultural conflict faced by immigrants from the developing world to the United States. ![]() I’ve written before that I’ve had mixed success with the Pulitzer winners, although if we extend it to the award’s predecessor, the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, I’d say I’ve liked nine of the thirteen winners I’ve read. The book, Lahiri’s debut, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000. ![]() I am fighting my way through Pale Fire, which has been very disappointing (great concept, sluggish execution), which has kept me from sitting down to review Jhumpa Lahiri’s wonderful short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies. ![]()
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