When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

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South Asian American literature short story

"When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of cultural identity, displacement, and political turmoil through the relationship between a young Indian-American girl and a visiting scholar from Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mr. Pirzada	1
Mr. Pirzada is a visiting scholar	1
Mr. Pirzada is separated from his family	1
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Asian American literature ⓘ short story ⓘ
author	Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
awardContext	Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ surface form: Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awareness	Lilia learns about the Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
centralRelationship	relationship between Lilia and Mr. Pirzada ⓘ
characterOccupation	When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mr. Pirzada is a visiting scholar
characterOrigin	Pakistani people ⓘ surface form: Mr. Pirzada is from Pakistan
characterStatus	When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mr. Pirzada is separated from his family
collection	Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ surface form: Interpreter of Maladies is Jhumpa Lahiri's debut collection
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
educationalUse	frequently taught in college literature courses ⓘ frequently taught in high school curricula ⓘ
firstPublication	1999 ⓘ
focus	intersection of personal life and international conflict ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	literary fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ
hasPerspective	Indian-American child perspective on South Asian politics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	contemporary American literature ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lilia ⓘ When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mr. Pirzada
narrationType	first-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStyle	realist ⓘ
narrator	Lilia ⓘ
pageCount	short story length ⓘ
publishedIn	Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
publisher	Houghton Mifflin ⓘ surface form: Houghton Mifflin (for Interpreter of Maladies)
settingEvent	Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
settingPlace	New England ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingTime	1971 ⓘ
symbolism	candy symbolizes care and connection ⓘ television news symbolizes distant war ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	childhood perspective on war ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ diaspora ⓘ displacement ⓘ family and belonging ⓘ immigration ⓘ partition of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ political turmoil ⓘ religious and national identity ⓘ
tone	melancholic ⓘ reflective ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Interpreter of Maladies → containsStory → When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine ⓘ

When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine → mainCharacter → When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr. Pirzada

When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine → characterOccupation → When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr. Pirzada is a visiting scholar

When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine → characterStatus → When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr. Pirzada is separated from his family