Unaccustomed Earth

Unaccustomed Earth is the second story collection from Indian-American writer and novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, published by Knopf Books on April 1, 2008.

Like her other works, Unaccustomed Earth delves deeply into the experiences of characters largely of Indian descent. The characters are immigrants or the children of immigrants, who attempt to find acceptance in their new surroundings and in new relationships with those outside their native culture, while retaining their identities.

Lahiri's first book of stories, 1999's The Interpreter of Maladies, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and her current collection is receiving equally favorable attention from critics and readers alike. The 2007 Mira Nair film The Namesake was based on Lahiri's novel of the same name, and was also well-reviewed.

1. "Lahiri's stories of exile, identity, disappointment and maturation evince a spare and subtle mastery that has few contemporary equals" - Publishers Weekly
2. "Ms. Lahiri writes about these people with an intimate knowledge of their conflicted hearts, using her lapidary eye for detail to conjure their daily lives with extraordinary precision" - The New York Times

</small> Like her other works, Unaccustomed Earth delves deeply into the experiences of characters largely of Indian descent. The characters are immigrants or the children of immigrants, who attempt to find acceptance in their new surroundings and in new relationships with those outside their native culture, while retaining their identities.

</small> Lahiri's first book of stories, 1999's The Interpreter of Maladies, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and her current collection is receiving equally favorable attention from critics and readers alike. The 2007 Mira Nair film The Namesake was based on Lahiri's novel of the same name, and was also well-reviewed.

1. Date of publication: April 1, 2008

2. Publisher: Knopf

3. Pages: 352

4. ISBN-10: 0307265730

5. ISBN-13: 978-0307265739

6. Debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestsellers List

7. Title is drawn from a quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1. "Lahiri's stories of exile, identity, disappointment and maturation evince a spare and subtle mastery that has few contemporary equals" - Publishers Weekly

2. "Ms. Lahiri writes about these people with an intimate knowledge of their conflicted hearts, using her lapidary eye for detail to conjure their daily lives with extraordinary precision" - The New York Times

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Unaccustomed Earth is the second story collection from Indian-American writer and novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, published by Knopf Books on April 1, 2008.