Yes, this delinquent blogger is finally posting about our great discussion about Jhumpa Lahiri's collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth. As we ate a tasty Indian meal at the Bombay Club in Harvard Square, we discussed stories of children in various states of dislocation searching for identity, family, and love. I had never read the Namesake, also written by Lahiri, but I found her prose spare and yet perfectly descriptive of the characters' journeys to discover who they really are in relation to as well as outside of their families' Indian roots.
Have any further thoughts about the book? Don't be shy -- leave a comment!
Next up -- We travel to Hungry Mother to discuss Jean Auel's Clan of The Cave Bear. See you there!
And, don't forget to get started on Sophie's World: A Novel About The History Of Philosophy.
