3.7
Short stories
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of cultures and generations.
In A Temporary Matter, published in the New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.
Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant.
© 2005 HighBridge Audio (Audiobook): 9781598875096
Release date
Audiobook: 13 January 2005
3.7
Short stories
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of cultures and generations.
In A Temporary Matter, published in the New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession.
Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant.
© 2005 HighBridge Audio (Audiobook): 9781598875096
Release date
Audiobook: 13 January 2005
Step into an infinite world of stories
Overall rating based on 88 ratings
Heartwarming
Cozy
Thought-provoking
Download the app to join the conversation and add reviews.
Showing 7 of 88
Sonal
22 Aug 2020
Please rope in artists for audiobooks who are at least a little acquainted with the culture or perhaps have the enthusiasm to do so. Listening to Tagore being pronounced as Tagoré is cringe moment for any Indian. The audiobook is replete with such glitches. A little homework won't hurt; people get Sartre and Neitzche right all the time. Here's hoping that the same effort is extended to other cultures as well. Thank You for the audiobook version of this incredible anthology.
Poorva
9 May 2020
Actually a good read but horribly fast audiobook. There are no pauses, no emphasis on specific words. Too fast.
Labster
15 Jan 2022
Warm short stories of 70's immigrants in America. The bengali traits were both sweet and relatable. The voice artist had weird Indian accent put on for unknown reason and uncharacteristic music played in between of the stories which might make irritate listeners.
Nitesh
27 May 2021
Splendid 😊❤️
Nishank
14 Aug 2018
average stories with abrupt endings
Neer
3 Nov 2021
A good collection of short stories.
Amandeep
29 May 2020
Such a way with the Words. Loved every story by Jhumpa. Characters have many layers and the attention to the little details is awesome.The narrative just flows and the pangs of melancholy float here and there
English
India