Nobody’s Business
E308236
"Nobody’s Business" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that appears in her collection *Unaccustomed Earth*, exploring themes of privacy, relationships, and cultural identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nobody’s Business canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
boundaries between roommates
ⓘ
cross-cultural relationships ⓘ emotional isolation ⓘ power dynamics in relationships ⓘ privacy in intimate life ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicBackground | Bengali Indian ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality |
American
ⓘ
Indian American ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
King Farouk I of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Farouk
Heather ⓘ Paul ⓘ Sang ⓘ |
| hasCollectionAwardContext |
Unaccustomed Earth
ⓘ
surface form:
Unaccustomed Earth reached #1 on The New York Times bestseller list
|
| hasCollectionCriticalReception | widely acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
academic environment
ⓘ
diaspora identity ⓘ graduate student life ⓘ interpersonal boundaries ⓘ romantic deception ⓘ |
| includedIn | contemporary American short stories syllabi ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
betrayal
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cultural identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ intimacy and distance ⓘ privacy ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| partOf | Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCity | Boston ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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