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Heartcrossings reviews Lahiri’s new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth

Reading the collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri in Unaccustomed Earth is like unwrapping layer upon layer of a much anticipated gift only to find a mundane trinket in the end. Lahiri seems to take perverse pleasure in playing bad Santa who stuffs the stockings of her readers will coal when in fact she could have easily gratified us with a eight beautiful presents.

Heartcrossings’ post makes a general commentary on Lahiri’s writing style, than talk specifically about the book. For someone like me, who has always had trouble reading Lahiri but could not really put my finger on it, I think Heartcrossings hits the nail on the head.