 First edition | |
| Author | Jhumpa Lahiri |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short Stories |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (US) Bloomsbury Press(UK) Random House (India) |
Publication date | April 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 331 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7475-9000-1 |
| OCLC | 213382533 |
| Preceded by | The Namesake |
| Followed by | The Lowland |
Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of short stories from American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It is her second collection of stories, following Interpreter of Maladies (which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). As with much of Lahiri's work, Unaccustomed Earth considers the lives of Indian American characters and how they deal with their mixed cultural environment.[1][2] The book was Lahiri's first to top The New York Times Best Seller list, where it debuted at #1.
- ^ Wonder Bread and Curry: Mingling Cultures, Conflicted Hearts: Review by Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times.
- ^ "Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest book continues to explore the immigrant experience" By N.P. Thompson for Northwest Asian Weekly.