Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Book Reviews of Unaccustomed Earth
Book Review: Time to move on
Summary: 5 Stars
Jhumpa Lahiri has given us nothing short of literary gems, but she needs to experiment with different minerals, different cuts. "Write what you know," as they say, but I'm sure Ms. Lahiri's experience and immagination embraces more than Bengalis at home and abroad. I will be disappointed if new stories from this very gifted writer continue to begin in the vein of "Ananya fidgeted with her bangles and the ravika of her sari as she waited for Satrajit, her parent's favored candidate for her hand, to arrive from MIT where he had just secured a professorship in astrophysics......." Lahiri's is an interesting and compelling literary universe, but unlike the real one, not inexhaustible.Book Review: Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Unaccustomed Earth is a beautiful follow up to Interpreter of Maladies, which I had read and loved. Here, Jhumpa Lahiri returns to similar subject matter, the everyday lives of Bengali immigrants. Her characters remain, as ever, complex, well wrought creations that you feel you know intimately. I loved every story in this collection especially the long one at the end, which is more like a short novel. Lahiri's beautiful writing, her great story-telling ability, and deep sense of human sympathy make her works a pleasure to read. I could easily return to Unaccustomed Earth and read it again and probably with as much enjoyment as I did the first time.Book Review: Emotions will linger long after you've finished the book
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the first story in this collection with a lump in my throat. The way Lahiri describes her characters and their stories is so simple, yet so incredibly heart wrenching that I found myself aching along with the characters. Her writing is amazingly simple, no overwrought descriptions or tediousness, but I just found myself gliding into her characters' lives and feeling all the emotions: the loss of loved ones, sadness, isolation and hope. I think her stories are so universal that everyone can find something to relate to. Read this book--you will not be disappointed. The stories and emotions will linger long after you put it down.Book Review: Lahiri uses her old themes with success, and with a twist
Summary: 5 Stars
Unaccustomed Earth is a remarkable collection of stories. Even though Lahiri uses mostly her common themes (coming of age stories of immigrants and their children) the works have a little bit of something extra, a bit of danger in the case of a few stories, deeper and different relationships in others.
I literally could not put this book down after I started it, with each story keeping me captivated through the pages. I would recommend this book to old fans of Lahiri's and to new readers--the stories are so powerful that they will keep you going, and possibly have you wishing for Lahiri's next work--like I am--by the end.
Book Review: Another great book by Lahiri
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, we've been here before, as one reviewer says. But "predictable", NO. Lahiri writes about Bengalis who have left their country to raise their families in the US. The themes are recurring, some of the characters are similar and have similar experiences. You get the feeling that many of them probably know each other. But the characters are full-bodied and their stories have all of the immediacy and unexpected turns of real life. (The second generation gets a few surprises from their parents in this collection.) Her pitch-perfect word choice is enough to keep me reading. Just as when I finished her other books, I want more!