Colors of My Dreams
Unaccustomed Earth...
"UNACCUSTOMED EARTH" by Jhumpa Lahiri is based on eight stories, divided into two sections. In this collection Ms. Lahiri again shows her ability to portray characters and produce dialog that sing with life, woven so tightly together, it would take a great deal of stretching, bending or breaking to get them to unravel. Each tale is deceptively powerful and it only takes a few pages before you're reeling and forgetting your surroundings because you're suddenly transported to a garden in Seattle or at a wedding reception in the pouring rain. Jhumpa Lahiri's imagination is ferocious, stealthy, as endless as the ocean. You float into it because it's so smooth and effortless and then suddenly, deliberately, it's engulfed you. I found myself thinking of these characters long after I finished the book.
Each of the stories deals with acculturation and relationships, and each stands out as a character study of how people find their way when faced with conflicting values and loyalties. Some of the stories took my breath away, absolutely love the way she leaps ahead in time within a single paragraph, vaulting over unnecessary components of the story with ease. The stories linger in your memory long after you finish reading them.
Jhumpa Lahiri is no doubt a master of character study, but it is true that she revisits characters with many similarities in her profile, like well-educated, often in the Boston area, Ivy league schools and American-born Indian struggling with either their own culture or a family member, and of course involves Indian parents and their struggle coming to America. Same old formula she's using and IMHO I really think her stories need a breath of fresh air :)
In this book she writes candidly about the everyday and mundane, just like my photo stream ;)
Among all her three books The Namesake , Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth, my all time favorite would be "The Interpreter of Maladies :)
Have a beautiful weekend folks :)
Unaccustomed Earth...
"UNACCUSTOMED EARTH" by Jhumpa Lahiri is based on eight stories, divided into two sections. In this collection Ms. Lahiri again shows her ability to portray characters and produce dialog that sing with life, woven so tightly together, it would take a great deal of stretching, bending or breaking to get them to unravel. Each tale is deceptively powerful and it only takes a few pages before you're reeling and forgetting your surroundings because you're suddenly transported to a garden in Seattle or at a wedding reception in the pouring rain. Jhumpa Lahiri's imagination is ferocious, stealthy, as endless as the ocean. You float into it because it's so smooth and effortless and then suddenly, deliberately, it's engulfed you. I found myself thinking of these characters long after I finished the book.
Each of the stories deals with acculturation and relationships, and each stands out as a character study of how people find their way when faced with conflicting values and loyalties. Some of the stories took my breath away, absolutely love the way she leaps ahead in time within a single paragraph, vaulting over unnecessary components of the story with ease. The stories linger in your memory long after you finish reading them.
Jhumpa Lahiri is no doubt a master of character study, but it is true that she revisits characters with many similarities in her profile, like well-educated, often in the Boston area, Ivy league schools and American-born Indian struggling with either their own culture or a family member, and of course involves Indian parents and their struggle coming to America. Same old formula she's using and IMHO I really think her stories need a breath of fresh air :)
In this book she writes candidly about the everyday and mundane, just like my photo stream ;)
Among all her three books The Namesake , Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth, my all time favorite would be "The Interpreter of Maladies :)
Have a beautiful weekend folks :)