MouthShut Product Rating Recommended by 88% members Readability: Story: Check Recent Ratings See how this product was rated during different years Select Last 2 years Last 3 years Last 4 years Last 5 years Last 6 years Last 7 years Last 8 years In Lahiri's sympathetic tales, the pang of disappointment turns into a sudden hunger to know more...Lahiri's achievement is something like Twinkle's. She breathes unpredictable life into the page, and the reader finishes each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a whole novel with its characters. There is nothing accidental about her success; her plots are as elegantly constructed as a fine proof in mathematics.

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Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Pulitzer or not, the best short stories ever! By: aani001 | Oct 12, 2007 03:09 AM I have been on a spree of reading books of the pulitzer prize winners since 1992, starting with The thousand acres by Jane Smiley. I have religiously read most of them almost every year,... Read complete review |  Read 545 times |  Comments (1)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Most good things are simple. By: gee_bee | Aug 20, 2007 06:16 PM The problem with most diaspora writers is that they do very little to write beyond their own realm of experience. One might say its an advantage , however, since writing about something one is familiar... Read complete review |  Read 640 times |  Comments (5)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	CLASSACT By: santydayme | Sep 15, 2006 01:20 PM Jhumpa Lahiri with her writing proves that creativity can be amongst anyone of us and refurbishes the fact that its all in the heart . An absolute classic . "An interpreter of Maladies" brings to the canvas... Read complete review |  Read 748 times |  Comments (1)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	A Pulitzer Prize well deserved :) By: nisha655 | May 05, 2006 06:54 PM An unconventional name, critical acclaim and an Indian author- the blend seemed appropriate enough for me to try out. Jhumpa Lahiri’s ’’Interpreter of Maladies’’ sure exhibits her skill of getting... Read complete review |  Read 3055 times |  Comments (2)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	babumushay outside india By: aakankshaburad | Jul 01, 2005 04:02 PM Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa lahiri Its a compilation of few of the best short stories i have ever read. Its a dedication to the Bengal culture and talks about how bengalis living across the world,... Read complete review |  Read 821 times |  Comments (0)	Somewhat Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Nostalgia put in words By: aamikalyan | Jun 13, 2005 07:56 PM Kudos to Mr... Donno his name. But yes, he speaks English. He calls himself a ’Friend osf students’ and sells books at Nehru Place, New Delhi at throwaway prices, literally. I got it at Rs 60/-. No, it... Read complete review |  Read 865 times |  Comments (5)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Stories of love, loneliness and longing By: findkhushi | May 24, 2005 03:33 PM I am reading a short stories collection after a really long time. So forgive me if I wax lyrical about this book but believe me this is good reading. The Interpreter of Maladies is a short stories... Read complete review |  Read 1632 times |  Comments (9)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Amazing By: Music_my_life | Jan 10, 2005 01:40 PM Jhumpa Lahiri – Interpreter of Maladies The cover says “Stories of bengal, boston and beyond”, the word “beyond” is the most important part of this collection. Each... Read complete review |  Read 1068 times |  Comments (8)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: No	Collection of Short Stories By: chicku3 | Jul 17, 2004 08:59 PM The ?Interpreter of Maladies? is a gorgeous and heartbreaking collection of ordinary short stories written brilliantly by Jhumpa Lahiri. Each of the stories is rich and unique in their own ways... Read complete review |  Read 1952 times |  Comments (4)	Very Useful

Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Kahani 'jhumpa' ki By: fatcat | May 06, 2004 03:34 AM I had heard mixed reviews about “The Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri and wanted to see it for myself. In the local library, I had to put a hold on it and got it issued after... Read complete review |  Read 13030 times |  Comments (19)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: No	Superficial Stories By: staronearth | Apr 08, 2004 04:38 PM ‘Interpreter of maladies’ is first published collection of short stories by author Jhumpa Lahiri. She is one of the leading Indian authors writing in English. Her achievements are... Read complete review |  Read 1605 times |  Comments (6)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: No	.::Exactly what's all the fuss about?::. By: karana23 | Jan 16, 2004 05:11 AM Pulitzer Prizes, Commonwealth Awards, Man Booker Trophies don’t guarantee a fantastic book and this belief only became reconfirmed as I eyeballed through my rough notes and the scribbly stars... Read complete review |  Read 4432 times |  Comments (36)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Interpreter of Melodies By: subghosh | Nov 14, 2003 05:48 PM I never knew that a chopping blade could be described in such lively detail. I never imagined that the activity of slicing fish deserved such eloquent attention. I had never seen a reed broom in such vivid... Read complete review |  Read 3134 times |  Comments (2)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Cultural Clashes In a Rootless World By: amjad_maruf | Oct 06, 2003 04:18 PM ’’Americans don’t want to read about anyone else but themselves and that’s why Indian writers sell less in America’’ - Salman Rushdie By bringing home the Pulitzer and creating waves... Read complete review |  Read 21271 times |  Comments (25)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Easy reading By: Bhavna | Jul 14, 2003 11:54 PM Have been lugging around Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of maladies for almost a month now and finally have finished it. The reason it took me so long to finish this book is probably because it... Read complete review |  Read 1374 times |  Comments (4)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	A Good Start By: TinaChaudhary | May 27, 2003 04:39 AM When I picked up this book, I couldn’t stop reading... Amy Tan apparently felt the same way because it’s printed so on the cover... :) This book is definitely a non-stop read... story 1 (A temporary matter)... Read complete review |  Read 886 times |  Comments (0)	Somewhat Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	book By: nikhilinamdar | May 25, 2003 05:09 PM xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxDOGMA Scr eenplay... Read complete review |  Read 983 times |  Comments (3)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Stories from Boston to Bengal By: tuhin | Feb 25, 2003 08:51 PM Mr Kapasi is a tourist guide in Orissa. He is driving an Ambassador. Taking a US settled, Indian born couple Mr and Mrs Das and their 3 children (2 sons, 1 daughter) to show the Sun Temple at Konark. While... Read complete review |  Read 1929 times |  Comments (1)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	master story teller By: Shailendragoel | Apr 30, 2002 07:41 AM THis book is great. I have developed a habit of reading between the lines. I dont read it all. It makes my reading very speedy. Its a drawback for literature but a boon for scientific readings. Thats why... Read complete review |  Read 12241 times |  Comments (5)	Very Useful

Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes

Must Read. By: prasenjit | May 08, 2001 12:40 AM I bought this book at Howrah station,as a travel reading. I do not know when my destination reached, this bok is one of the best short story bok I have read recently,the stories are based on Indian Americans... Read complete review |  Read 1290 times |  Comments (1)

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