Some books I just want to grab immediately and start reading when they arrive at the library. Just look at how beautiful the cover is? And I have read so much praise for it.Unaccustomed earth was the list of the 10 best books of 2008 by the New york Times:
"There is much cultural news in these precisely observed studies of modern-day Bengali-Americans — many of them Ivy-league strivers ensconced in prosperous suburbs who can’t quite overcome the tug of traditions nurtured in Calcutta. With quiet artistry and tender sympathy, Lahiri creates an impressive range of vivid characters — young and old, male and female, self-knowing and self-deluding — in engrossing stories that replenish the classic themes of domestic realism: loneliness, estrangement and family discord."
Yes, this is also a collection of short stories, just like her previous Pulitzer prize winning book Interpreter of maladies.
And I am sure this book must be interesting for many students at KIS, read this:
"here are eight stories of people who struck their roots into unaccustomed earth, either themselves or by their parents: typically Indian roots in America, sometimes via England (as in the case of Lahiri’s own parents)" From the Blurb
Ok - I should stop quoting other people right now, and start reading it.
