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Unaccustomed Earth

  • Jhumpa Lahiri

3.67

6 ratings

These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. Here they enter the worlds of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. Rich with the signature gifts that have established Jhumpa Lahiri as one of our most essential writers, Unaccustomed Earth exquisitely renders the most intricate workings of the heart and mind.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Bengali Americans in fiction
  • Bengali (South Asian people)
  • Short Stories
  • Bengali Americans
  • Bengali Americans -- Fiction
  • American Short stories
  • Bengali (South Asian people) -- United States -- Fiction
  • Fate and fatalism
  • Short stories
  • Reading Level-Grade 7
  • Reading Level-Grade 9
  • Reading Level-Grade 8
  • Reading Level-Grade 11
  • Reading Level-Grade 10
  • Reading Level-Grade 12
  • Large type books
  • Américains d'origine bengali
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Bengali (Peuple d'Asie méridionale)
  • FICTION
  • General
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • Asian americans, fiction
  • Fictional Works
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-04-26
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • East Indians
  • Immigrants
  • Immigrant families
  • Familles immigrantes
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About the author

  • Jhumpa Lahiri

    born 1967

    3.54

    81 ratings · 42 works

Editions

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    Samenw. uitgeverijen Meulenhoff Boekerij

    2010-06-01

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    Vintage Canada

    April 14, 2009

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    Salamandra, SALAMANDRA

    Mar 11, 2010

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    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    2008

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

2009

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    Random House India, New Delhi, India

    Oct 23, 2008

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    1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.

    Vintage Contemporaries

    2009

  • Edition cover

    Vintage

    April 7, 2009

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Knopf

    2008

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    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

    2008

  • Edition cover

    1st large print ed.

    Random House Large Print

    2008

  • Edition cover

    Knopf

    April 1, 2008

  • Edition cover

    Random House India

    2009

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    Knopf Canada

    April 1, 2008

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    RANDOM HOUSE INDIA

  • Edition cover

    Tian pei wen hua you xian gong si

    2009

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    Bloomsbury Publishing

    2009

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    Unabridged edition

    RH Audio

    April 1, 2008