American Literature / Unit 18 AML 1715 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Jhumpa Lahiri and *Interpreter of Maladies*
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The idea
Lahiri was born in London to Bengali parents and raised in Rhode Island. Her first collection, nine stories centred on the Indian American experience, appeared in nineteen ninety-nine and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, The Namesake, followed in two thousand and three.
In practice
Nine stories, and a Pulitzer.
Where people slip
The anchor records mixed reviews in India.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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