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Lahiri, Jhumpa Reserve Kit Interpreter of Maladies: Stories Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in these elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," 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. 198 p. 1999 Adult Fiction Book Discussion Questions

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