The Third and Final Continent

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literary work person short story short story collection

The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.

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The Third and Final Continent canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
awardedWith Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (via collection Interpreter of Maladies)
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin Indian ⓘ
featuresCharacter Mala ⓘ
Mrs. Croft ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre immigrant fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorBackground Indian American writer ⓘ
hasNarrativeMode realism ⓘ
includedIn Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary literature ⓘ
literaryStatus widely anthologized short story ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation university librarian ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of Indian immigrant experience in America ⓘ
quiet, introspective narrative voice ⓘ
notableWork The Third and Final Continent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
occupation writer ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1999 ⓘ
plotElement arranged marriage ⓘ
boarding with an elderly American landlady ⓘ
protagonistNationality Indian ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
setting Boston ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme belonging ⓘ
cultural adaptation ⓘ
diaspora ⓘ
generational difference ⓘ
identity ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
timePeriod late 1960s ⓘ

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Interpreter of Maladies → containsStory → The Third and Final Continent ⓘ
The Third and Final Continent → notableWork → The Third and Final Continent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jhumpa Lahiri