02/07/2026
Introducing July’s Author of the Month—Nilanjana Sudeshna “Jhumpa” Lahiri.
Born in England to Indian immigrant parents, Jhumpa Lahiri’s world of writing is versatile, multilingual and autobiographical; a rich bibliography containing short stories, essays, and novels encompassing the Indian-immigrant themes and, in recent years, essays and novels written in the Italian language. Her lucid and illustrative writing strikes the reader immediately.
The ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ is a great introduction through a collection of stories that explore balancing tradition in a new world; ‘The Lowland’ depicts familial bonds through the story of two brothers in a politically charged environment; ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ dives into second and third-generation Indian-American characters interconnected in a culturally diverse environments; and ‘The Namesake’ moves between the old and new and the past and future in a social, religious and cultural context for a couple that moved from Kolkata to Massachusetts.
We invite you to the Signet Library to explore her works and expand your reading list and perspective!
(bookstagram, readersofnagpur, literarycommunity, library, jhumpalahiri, shortstory, essay, novels, interpreterofmaladies, thelowland, unaccustomedearth, thenamesake)
