Interpreter of Maladies
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Interpreter of Maladies is an acclaimed short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of Indian and Indian-American identity, displacement, and human relationships.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
PEN/Hemingway Award
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PEN Hemingway Award
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| containsStory |
A Real Durwan
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Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
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A Temporary Matter
Interpreter of Maladies self-link ⓘ Mrs. Sen's ⓘ Sexy ⓘ The Third and Final Continent ⓘ The Treatment of Bibi Haldar ⓘ This Blessed House ⓘ When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Namesake ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary South Asian American literature ⓘ |
| hasMainCharactersFrom | Indian diaspora ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cross-cultural relationships
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identity crisis ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| includedInList | modern classics of short fiction ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780395927205 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person narration
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| pageCount | 198 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setting |
India
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United States of America ⓘ
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United States
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| style | realism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Indian immigrants in America
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middle-class Bengali families ⓘ |
| theme |
Indian identity
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Indian-American identity ⓘ communication and miscommunication ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ displacement ⓘ immigration ⓘ marriage and relationships ⓘ |
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Jhumpa Lahiri
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Interpreter of Maladies is Jhumpa Lahiri's debut collection
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Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for Interpreter of Maladies)
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Interpreter of Maladies (collection)
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Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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included in Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Interpreter of Maladies
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Jhumpa Lahiri
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Jhumpa Lahiri bibliography