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Dec 10, 2007 14:57


It is not a great story that Jhumpa Lahiri is trying to tell in this book. In fact it is hardly a story, let alone a great one. Just a portrayal of the life of a family of immigrants; legal ones, and well qualified professionals at that, from India, who choose to settle in the land of opportunity that the United States of America is for so many all ( Read more... )

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camerapansleft December 11 2007, 22:40:53 UTC
I have two of his books.. guess I should read one of them, eh? (one being that one)

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artharaja December 12 2007, 13:23:53 UTC
Sure! Given what an indiscriminate fictionater you are! :-P

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artharaja December 13 2007, 15:55:40 UTC
As a matter of fact, I have. All 7 books. But I don't review the children's books I sometimes read, any more than I would review Tom & Jerry cartoons which I often watch to wind down.

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artharaja December 17 2007, 09:36:17 UTC
Hmmm. Something to think about eh?

What other books have you read and liked?

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