| Description |
198 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
A temporary matter -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine -- Interpreter of maladies -- A real durwan -- Sexy -- Mrs. Sen's -- This blessed house -- The treatment of Bibi Haldar -- The third and final continent. |
| Summary |
Stories about Indians in India and America. The story, A Temporary Matter, is on mixed marriage, Mrs. Sen's is on the adaptation of an immigrant to the U.S., and in the title story an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors. |
| Awards |
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, |
| Subject |
East Indian Americans -- Fiction.
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East Indian Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
039592720X |
|
9780395927205 |
|
0618101365 |
|
9780618101368 |
| Standard No. |
9780395927205 |
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