Unaccustomed Earth

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book short story collection

Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.

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A Temporary Matter 1
Unaccustomed Earth (short story) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
awardReceived Asian American Literary Award ⓘ
surface form: Asian American Literary Award for Fiction

Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award ⓘ
basedOn experiences of Indian diaspora communities ⓘ
bestsellerStatus The New York Times Best Seller list ⓘ
surface form: New York Times bestseller
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
follows Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
The Namesake ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasPart A Choice of Accommodations ⓘ
Going Ashore ⓘ
Hell-Heaven ⓘ
Nobody’s Business ⓘ
Once in a Lifetime ⓘ
Only Goodness ⓘ
Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Unaccustomed Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unaccustomed Earth (short story)

Year’s End ⓘ
hasSequelLikeCycle Hema and Kaushik trilogy in Part II ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacters Hema ⓘ
Kaushik ⓘ
Rahul ⓘ
Ruma ⓘ
Sudha ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Bengali American immigrant experience ⓘ
numberOfStories 8 ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
surface form: Knopf
pageCount about 333 pages ⓘ
partOf Indian diaspora literature ⓘ
publicationDate 2008 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting Europe ⓘ
India ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
structure two-part collection ⓘ
theme Indian diaspora ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
marriage and relationships ⓘ
migration ⓘ

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Interpreter of Maladies → containsStory → Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Temporary Matter
The Namesake → followedBy → Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
Unaccustomed Earth → hasPart → Unaccustomed Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unaccustomed Earth (short story)
Jhumpa Lahiri → hasPublication → Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
Jhumpa Lahiri → notableWork → Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri → notableWork → Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ