Unaccustomed Earth : Eight short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he's harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he's keeping all to himself. In "A Choice of Accomodations," a husband's attempt to turn an old friend's wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In "Only Goodness," a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism threatens the family. And in "Hema and Kaushik," a trio of linked stories--a luminous, intensely compelling elegy of life, death, love, and fate--we follow the lives of girl and boy, who, one winter, share a house in Massachusetts. They travel from innocence to experience on separate, sometimes painful paths, until destiny brings them together again years later in Rome.
"Hema und Kaushik lernen sich als Jugendliche in Massachusetts kennen. Ihre Eltern, die aus Bengalen stammen, sind befreundet; sie selbst können wenig miteinander anfangen. Dazu ist der ältere Kaushik, der den Krebstod seiner Mutter verarbeiten muss, viel zu in sich gekehrt. Hema himmelt ihn erfolglos von ferne an. Fast zwanzig Jahre später begegnen sie sich zufällig in Rom: Hema, nach zehnjährigem Geliebtendasein, auf der letzten Flucht vor einer Vernunftehe in Kalkutta; Kaushik am Ende einer Fotojournalistenkarriere in den Krisengebieten dieser Erde. Heimatlos sind sie beide, kulturell wie geistig? weltgewandt und doch getrieben. Eine jähe, wilde Liebe schlägt sie in den Bann und verheißt einen Hafen, doch ein dunkler italienischer Herbst wirft seine Schatten voraus ... Die Pulitzerpreisträgerin und US-Bestsellerautorin Jhumpa Lahiri entfaltet in dieser Liebesgeschichte eine ganze Welt voll schicksalhafter Dramatik, mit einer Prosa von suggestiver Eleganz und größtem Feingefühl. Die US-Ausgabe rief Begeisterungsstürme in der Presse hervor und stand bereits in der Woche nach dem Erscheinen auf Platz eins der Bestsellerliste."
"Les affres de la seconde génération de migrants indiens en terre américaine, nourrie de deux cultures, en quête d'un monde perdu et confrontée en permanence au décalage entre deux civilisations.--[Résumé de l'éditeur]."
"שׁמונת הסיפורים חוקרים ... עולמם שׁל מהגרים ובני מהגרים בּנגלים בארצות הבּרית."
"Verhalen over het omgaan van migranten met twee culturen."
"Hema und Kaushik lernen sich als Jugendliche in Massachusetts kennen. Ihre Eltern, die aus Bengalen stammen, sind befreundet; sie selbst können wenig miteinander anfangen. Dazu ist der ältere Kaushik, der den Krebstod seiner Mutter verarbeiten muss, viel zu in sich gekehrt. Hema himmelt ihn erfolglos von ferne an. Fast zwanzig Jahre später begegnen sie sich zufällig in Rom: Hema, nach zehnjährigem Geliebtendasein, auf der letzten Flucht vor einer Vernunftehe in Kalkutta; Kaushik am Ende einer Fotojournalistenkarriere in den Krisengebieten dieser Erde. Heimatlos sind sie beide, kulturell wie geistig ? weltgewandt und doch getrieben. Eine jähe, wilde Liebe schlägt sie in den Bann und verheißt einen Hafen, doch ein dunkler italienischer Herbst wirft seine Schatten voraus... Die Pulitzerpreisträgerin und US-Bestsellerautorin Jhumpa Lahiri entfaltet in dieser Liebesgeschichte eine ganze Welt voll schicksalhafter Dramatik, mit einer Prosa von suggestiver Eleganz und größtem Feingefühl. Die US-Ausgabe rief Begeisterungsstürme in der Presse hervor und stand bereits in der Woche nach dem Erscheinen auf Platz eins der Bestsellerliste."
"Knopf Canada is proud to welcome this bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author with eight dazzling stories that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life."
"In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he's harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he's keeping all to himself. In "A Choice of Accomodations," a husband's attempt to turn an old friend's wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In "Only Goodness," a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism threatens the family. And in "Hema and Kaushik," a trio of linked stories--a luminous, intensely compelling elegy of life, death, love, and fate--we follow the lives of girl and boy, who, one winter, share a house in Massachusetts. They travel from innocence to experience on separate, sometimes painful paths, until destiny brings them together again years later in Rome."@en
"Stories on the life of Bengali people who live in United States of America."
"Exploring the secrets and complexities lying at the heart of family life and relationships, a collection of eight stories includes the title work, about a young mother in a new city whose father tends her garden while hiding a secret love affair."@en
"Exploring the secrets and complexities lying at the heart of family life and relationships, a collection of eight stories includes the title work, about a young mother in a new city whose father tends her garden while hiding a secret love affair."
"The Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Namesake has written eight superbly crafted short stories."@en
"A collection of stories which takes the reader from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand and into the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life."
"Eight dazzling stories that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life."
"Eight dazzling stories that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life."@en
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