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"Bookclub-in-a-Box" Discusses the Novel 'The Namesake' by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bookclub-In-A-Box)

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  1. 2. Jhumpa Lahiri: The Master Storyteller: A Critical Response to Interpreter of Maladies
  2. 3. Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Persepctives
  3. 4. Unaccustomed Earth
  4. 5. Interpreter of Maladies: Stories of Bengal, Boston and Beyond

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The Asian American Literary Award in fiction...

The Asian American Literary Award in fiction has gone to Jhumpa Lahiri for her short story collection, UNACCUSTOMED EARTH , with Leslie Chang taking the nonfiction award for FACTORY GIRLS: From Village to City in a Changing China.

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