Centennial Book Discussion: Interpreter of Maladies In-Person
The Centennial Book Discussion Group meets the last Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. Each month, from January 2024 until January 2025, we will be reading a classic work from a different decade. Registration is not required.
1990s: Interpreter of Maladies (1999), by Jhumpa Lahiri
Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Conference Room
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Adult Program Book Discussion Library Centennial Event