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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
Invisible People
The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: Jhumpa Lahiri
Book Review: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
My interest in the novel Brooklyn stems from seeing the movie a few years ago and considering it one of the best films of the year. I decided to re-watch the movie recently and I came up with the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Brooklyn, immigrant experience, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
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Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part Two: The Book Itself
Before I delve into an appraisal of the novel, I need to mention something that struck me before I even read the first page. The cover (of the first edition hardcover) is not worthy of the book. It is bland, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bengali culture, India, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland, West Bengal
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Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part One: Background
I’m only about halfway through this latest novel by Jhumpa Lahiri now, but reading it stirs up so many memories I can’t help but write about it. Lahiri is one of the few writers now working for whose books I … Continue reading
My Favorite Fiction Books: The Runners-Up
A few weeks ago I posted a list of my five favorite fiction books. They are: 1. “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien 2. “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac 3. “Tropic of Cancer” by Henry Miller 4. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Pastoral, Cormac McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, favorite books, Fictions, Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jorge Luis Borges, Karl Marlantes, Kim, Matterhorn, Phases of the Moon, Philip Roth, Robert Pirsig, Robert Silverberg, Rudyard Kipling, The Old Man and the Sea, The Road, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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