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The stories in this collection are beautiful. Most of them deal with the Indian diaspora in Boston, although several are set elsewhere in the US or in India itself. Each story touches on the emotion involved in the real, day to day, lives of the characters as they deal with arranged marriage, displacement, families, culture, age, tragedy and loss. The language flows beautifully and each story leaves you with the sense that you have just got to know someone and been privileged to see a small slic
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I usually don't like short story anthologies, but this one was great. I received this book as a Christmas gift from my sister, and, when my book club picked it months later, I fully expected not to like the book. I wasn't part of the throngs that thought "The Namesake" was a life-changer. So I didn't have high hopes for this book. But it was wonderful. Each story had the feel of a novel and a fuller story and a lot more personality than "The Namesake" or other short story collections (in my opin
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Interpreter of Maladies was a collection of short stories dealing with Indian characters. Many of the protagonists are Indians who have immigrated to the United States, but not all of them took place outside India. In general I enjoy short story collections, lately though many of the stories I have been reading seem to end abruptly or left me feeling confused - this collection was a welcome relief from that trend. All of the characters are well developed and all of the stories felt like they com
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I liked this book enough to consider reading her other works. Although each story contained something interesting, I found "This Blessed House" the funniest and "The Third & Final Continent" especially enduring. They were my favourite stories in the novel. I can't wait to read her next work.
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This collection of stories was very deserving of a Pulitzer Prize. They're very simple yet poignant and wonderfully written. My favorite and the one that will stay with me for a long time would be the first story of the collection - 'A Temporary Matter' about a husband and wife taking advantage of an hourly black-out every night to play a sort of a truth or dare game of honesty with each other.
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Very fine stories. Gentle, but eloquent writing style.
Nov 19, 2013
Kristina
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Dec 05, 2013
Vesra (When She Reads)
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