Quote by: Jhumpa Lahiri

This story is based on a gentleman who indeed did... used to come to my parents' house in 1971 from Bangladesh. He was at the University of Rhode Island. And I was four, four years old, at the time, and so I actually don't have any memories of this gentleman.


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Author Bio


  • NameJhumpa Lahiri
  • DescriptionShort story writer, novelist
  • BornJuly 11, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Writer
  • WorksInterpreter Of Maladies; The Namesake
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For Fiction; O. Henry Award