{"product_id":"interpreter-of-maladies-by-jhumpa-lahiri","title":"Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognizes her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakastani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImbued 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJhumpa Lahiri, a bilingual writer and translator, is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College, Columbia University. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for \u003cem\u003eInterpreter of Maladies\u003c\/em\u003e and is also the author of T\u003cem\u003ehe Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, The Lowland.\u003c\/em\u003e Since 2015, Lahiri has been writing fiction, essays, and poetry in Italian: \u003cem\u003eIn Altre Parole \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eIn Other Words\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003e Il Vestito dei libri \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Clothing of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eDove mi trovo \u003c\/em\u003e(self-translated as \u003cem\u003eWhereabouts\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eIl quaderno di Nerina\u003c\/em\u003e, and Racconti romani (\u003cem\u003eRoman Stories\u003c\/em\u003e). She received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2014, and in 2019 was named Commendatore of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarella. Her most recent book in English, Translating Myself and Others, was a finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50498545352989,"sku":"9780358213260","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/5897\/files\/Screenshot2025-10-14at8.07.27pm.png?v=1760486868","url":"https:\/\/www.middleeastbooks.com\/products\/interpreter-of-maladies-by-jhumpa-lahiri","provider":"Middle East Books and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}