JHUMPA LAHIRI is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland; and a work of nonfiction, In Other Words. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the PEN/Malamud Award; the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for In altre parole.
"A writer of uncommon sensitivity and restraint."--Wall Street
Journal "Lahiri breathers unpredictable life into the page, and the
reader finished each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a
whole novel with its characters."--The New York Times Book Review
"Lahiri's touch is delicate yet assured, leaving no room for
flubbed notes or forced epiphanies."--The Los Angeles Times
"A writer of uncommon elegance and poise."--New York times
"Dazzling writing, an easy-to-carry paperback format and a
budget-respecting price tag of $12: Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of
Maladies possesses these three qualities, making it my book of
choice this summer every time someone asks for a
recommendation...Simply put, Lahiri displays a remarkable maturity
and ability to imagine other lives...[E]ach story offers something
special. Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies will reward
readers."--USA Today "[S]torytelling of surpassing kindness and
skill."--The San Francisco Chronicle
"Jhumpa Lahiri is the kind of writer who makes you want to grab the
next person you see and say, 'Read this!'"--Amy Tan
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