Unaccustomed Earth

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri somehow manages to surpass the feat of her first collection of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies, in this exquisite series of lengthy short stories about Bengali immigrants and their descendants in America. In Unaccustomed Earth, Lahiri weaves eight tales with such dexterity that one cannot help but be fully engrossed in a world that, for many, is completely foreign. They are stories of love, family, history, and self-knowledge that are not only enriching, but also pure pleasure to read.