April 2011 Guest Editor Lesley Lokko on Jhumpa Lahiri...
She really is a writer who Can Do It All – from profound, involved and emotionally switched-on novels like The Namesake to short, snappy collections of life’s wonderful snippets in Unaccustomed Earth – she’s wonderful. Every time I read her I find myself putting the book down just to catch my breath...what a wordsmith! And she’s gorgeous. Not fair.
The Lovereading view...
Almost an American White Teeth as an Indian boy rejects his background until the death of his father and the breakdown of a relationship propels him back to his family and cultural roots. Cross-generational interaction and flashbacks hold you through a tale which is as much about parents and their difficulties settling into a completely different life, alien to them, as it is about their child, our hero, growing up American. It’s an interesting, absorbing read.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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