{"product_id":"interpreter-of-maladies-by-jhumpa-lahiri-9780358213260","title":"Interpreter of Maladies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterpreter of Maladies\u003c\/em\u003e is an international bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, as well as the PEN\/Hemingway Award. With a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut short story collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents of the Bengali immigrant experience set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognises her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakistani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these Pulitzer Prize-winning stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Like the interpreter of the title story, Lahiri translates between the strict traditions of her ancestors and a baffling new world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47642986348780,"sku":"9780358213260","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8de9224b6e02f688b287466f75ab2982.jpg?v=1779170940","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/interpreter-of-maladies-by-jhumpa-lahiri-9780358213260","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}