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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; First Edition; first printing edition (2 Jun 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0747590001
ISBN-13: 978-0747590002
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 3.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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'Unaccustomed Earth defied publishing industry wisdom that says short stories don't make the bestseller lists, and no wonder'
--Daily Telegraph - Books of 2008

The New York Times Book Review (April 2008)

'Splendid . . . Reading her stories is like watching time-lapse nature videos of different plants, each with its own inherent growth cycle, breaking through the soil, spreading into bloom or collapsing back to earth.'

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4.0 out of 5 stars So rich: like a collection of mini novels, 22 Dec 2008

By	Julia Flyte - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I am not usually a reader of short stories, but this book defied many of my prejudices. I loved it. Jhumpa Lahiri's writing is beautiful. With just a few paragraphs, she can immerse you in a story so that you end up feeling as satisfied as if you've read an entire novel. She also has a wonderful eye for detail and a way of describing everyday events or objects so you feel that you've never really thought about them in that way before.

There are eight stories in this book. The final three feature the same characters but the others stand alone. However they are all quite similar in that they feature highly educated Bengali Indians living in the US and often in mixed race relationships. There are also similar themes that repeat: learning to move on after losing a loved one or the relationships between parents and their adult children.

While I enjoyed all of the stories in this book, I was particularly moved by the first (Unaccustomed Earth) and the last (Going Ashore). They are the two in which I felt the most involved and really cared about the characters. I felt somewhat detached from the others (hence the 4 star rating). However I still enjoyed them and I recommend this book without hesitation - do not let the fact that it's short stories put you off!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bengali TCK Bonanza!, 18 Sep 2008

By	Jessica "Bookaholic" (London) - See all my reviews

As a Third Culture Kid (TCK) myself, from India, I could completely relate to the characters, their feelings, behaviour, thoughts and relationship dynamics with others. There were traces of my father in Ruma's father; of both my parents in Sudha's parents. The most captivating sotires to me were Nobody's Business because of the simplicity and complexity of love reltaionships and Part Two - Hema and Kaushik's sotry.

H and K, unlike the characters in the other stories, are given longer to develop their love story. The reader lives through glimpses of their childhood, teen years and university life. All eventually leading to their professional lives where they come together and have a love affair. Even though one of them is living out of a suitcase and the ohter is engaged to be married.

Throughout the stories, Lahiri accurately captures the emotion and conflicts of Indian immigrants to the US and briefly to London. There is a melancholy underlying the characters and their various relationships with partners, friends, room-mates and parents as Lahiri brings out their longer to belong to someone or some place matched with their sense of detachment to people and places in different ways. In short, their book, like her first, is a must-read for every Indian immigrant and third culture kid out there.

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5.0 out of 5 stars EVery deep and well-written!!, 10 Sep 2009

By	Joyce �kesson (Sweden) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Jhumpa Lahiri, winner of the Pulitzer Prize with her book The Interpreter of Maladies, continues to have one of modern fiction's most powerful voices.
The eight stories in her present book do not disappoint at all. They are wonderfully structured and are filled with acute psychological observations, eloquent writing and detailed descriptions. The main themes are about family secrets and relations. In one of them, there is the story of a widower who has a mistress and who prefers to keep it a secret from his daughter, in another, a married woman who falls platonically in love with a friend, in another, a sister who introduces her brother to alcoholism, in another, the story of a teen who cannot accept the father's new wife, etc.
Lahiri's stories of exile, identity, disappointment, bitterness, relations and maturation are brilliant and extremely realistic. Her language is aesthetically marvelous.

Joyce �kesson, author of Love's Thrilling Dimensions and The Invitation (amazon.com)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Succinct short stories with a skein of sari...
We read this for our book club and were each allocated a story to talk about. As the meeting got going I immediately heard that we were all discussing the people in the stories as... Read more

Published 9 days ago by Mrs. Katharine Kirby

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book group read
I read this book for a book group that I was leading. We had not realised that they were short stories when the book was recommended so I was a bit concerened how it would fit... Read more

Published 19 days ago by MaryAnne

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive and moving
Unaccustomed Earth is a very fine collection of stories. Jhumpa Lahiri obeys the age old adage of 'write what you know' and her stories all portray the Calcutta-Bengali educated... Read more

Published 1 month ago by A. Murray

4.0 out of 5 stars Foils war
Jhumpa Lahiri triumphs again with a collection of small, but perfectly formed stories focussing primarily on generational conflicts within the Bengali diaspora in the US. Read more

Published 1 month ago by S. Marsden

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant
I'm not a huge reader, but just read this on holiday, having previosuly read Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake.

I found this unputdownable. Read more

Published 2 months ago by ronaldobiscottini

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Jhumpa !!!
I am the latest entrant in her legion of fans ! oh, what an outstanding writer, and what beautiful prose......the characters are so real, yet so dignified....... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Noveau Aantel

4.0 out of 5 stars Low-key but engrossing short stories - recommended
I very much enjoyed Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth. There is a similar feel of slight melancholy running through each short story, and each is beautifully written. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Catha

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
She never disappoints you. I check Amazon every week to see if Lahiri has come out with something new. She is an extremely talented writer. Hurry up and write another book.

Published 8 months ago by D. Alper

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving and satisfying read
I had previously read 'the Interpreter of maladies' and 'the namesake' and so was already a Jhumpa Lahiri fan. Read more

Published 10 months ago by trey bright

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read
There is no doubt that Jhumpa Lahiri is an immensely talented author, with an exceptional eye for detail. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Shreya Sawhney

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