6/6/2023 0 Comments Unaccustomed earth stories![]() ![]() After graduating, she moved on to Boston University, where she earned three master's degrees (in English, creative writing, and comparative studies in literature and the arts) and a doctoral degree in Renaissance studies. She grew up in Rhode Island and then attended Barnard College. Lahiri was born in London to parents who emigrated from India. ![]() In Unaccustomed Earth, a collection of eight short stories, Lahiri continues to explore this theme, this time with a focus on the lives of second-generation immigrants who must navigate both the traditional values of their immigrant parents and the mainstream American values of their peers. ![]() Both of her previous books- Interpreter of Maladies (a 2000 story collection that earned her the Pulitzer Prize), and The Namesake,a 2003 novel that later took shape as a popular film- explored the cultural dissonances experienced by immigrants caught between the culture of their Indian birthplace and the unfamiliar ways of their adopted home. Next month marks the publication of Unaccustomed Earth, a new story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri, the acclaimed chronicler of the Bengali-immigrant experience. ![]()
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