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Book Review of Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies
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I'm not normally a short story fan, but Lahiri's short stories have the depth and weight of a novel. The title story was my first introduction to her writing, found in an anthology when I was teaching creative writing. I read it aloud to several of my high school classes. Rereading it now, it's just as brilliant and I noticed new details that I didn't remember from previous readings. The other stories are equally beautiful.