Interpreter of Maladies

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short story collection

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.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	short story collection →
author	Jhumpa Lahiri →
awardReceived	PEN Hemingway Award → Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →
awardYear	2000 →
containsStory	A Real Durwan → A Temporary Matter → Interpreter of Maladies → 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 →
criticalReception	acclaimed →
debutWorkOf	Jhumpa Lahiri →
followedBy	The Namesake →
genre	literary fiction → short stories →
hasInfluenceOn	contemporary South Asian American literature →
hasMainCharactersFrom	Indian diaspora →
hasSubject	cross-cultural relationships → identity crisis → loneliness →
includedInList	modern classics of short fiction →
isbn	9780395927205 →
language	English →
literaryPeriod	contemporary literature →
mediaType	print →
narrativePerspective	first-person narration → third-person narration →
notableWorkOf	Jhumpa Lahiri →
originalPublicationFormat	hardcover →
pageCount	198 →
publicationYear	1999 →
publisher	Houghton Mifflin →
setting	India → United States →
style	realism →
subjectMatter	Indian immigrants in America → middle-class Bengali families →
theme	Indian identity → Indian-American identity → communication and miscommunication → cultural conflict → displacement → immigration → marriage and relationships →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jhumpa Lahiri → Jhumpa Lahiri → Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri →	notableWork
Interpreter of Maladies →	containsStory
Unaccustomed Earth →	follows
Jhumpa Lahiri →	hasPublication
The Namesake →	precededBy