Synopsis:
A collection of short stories set mostly among Indian immigrants in the US.
Review:
Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake was one of my favorite reads of last year, so I decided I needed to check out her much-buzzed about collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. It will surprise no one who has read these tales that [...]
Popularity: 46% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
An Indian-American immigrant named after a Russian writer struggles to find his place in the world.
Review:
I know the month is only 2 days young, but The Namesake might be my favorite read of October. Sprawling and intimate, Gogol Ganguli’s story riveted me in a way that I wish Zadie Smith’s White Teeth had. [...]
Popularity: 18% [?]
Tags: American Literature
White Teeth: A Novel
by Zadie Smith
Synopsis:
3 families–one Bengal, one white English/Jamaican, and the third white English–twist and turn throughout one another’s lives over the decades in and around a multicultural neighborhood in London.
Review:
Smith has a stellar knack for portraiture, with all of her characters being wholly unique, and capturing subtle aspects of character psychology in [...]
Popularity: 11% [?]
Tags: British Literature
