INTERPRETER OF MALADIES

Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland; and a work of nonfiction, In Other Words. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the PEN/Malamud Award; the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for In altre parole.

International Bestseller
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
PEN/Hemingway Award Winner

“A writer of uncommon sensitivity and restraint.”—Wall Street Journal 

“Lahiri breathers unpredictable life into the page, and the reader finished each story reseduced, wishing he could spend a whole novel with its characters.”—The New York Times Book Review 

“Lahiri’s touch is delicate yet assured, leaving no room for flubbed notes or forced epiphanies.”—The Los Angeles Times 

“A writer of uncommon elegance and poise.”—New York Times