| Titre : |
Unaccustomed earth |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Jhumpa LAHIRI, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Vintage |
| Année de publication : |
2008 |
| Importance : |
333 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-307-27825-8 |
| Langues : |
Américain (ame) |
| Index. décimale : |
813 Fiction |
| Résumé : |
In the title story, Brooklyn-to-Seattle transplant Ruma frets about a presumed obligation to bring her widower father into her home, a stressful decision taken out of her hands by his unexpected independence. The alcoholism of Rahul is described by his elder sister, Sudha; her disappointment and bewilderment pack a particularly powerful punch. And in the loosely linked trio of stories closing the collection, the lives of Hema and Kaushik intersect over the years, first in 1974 when she is six and he is nine; then a few years later when, at 13, she swoons at the now-handsome 16-year-old teen's reappearance; and again in Italy, when she is a 37-year-old academic about to enter an arranged marriage, and he is a 40-year-old photojournalist. |
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