"A Temporary Matter"
Short story
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Date: 1999
Source: Lahiri, Jhumpa. "A Temporary Matter." In Interpreter of Maladies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
About the Author: Jhumpa Lahiri (1967–), the daughter of Bengali parents, was born in London, England, and grew up in Rhode Island. She earned a B.A. in English from Barnard College, three Master of Arts degrees (English, Creative Writing, and Comparative Literature) and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies from Boston University. Lahiri was awarded the O. Henry Award in 1999 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Interpreter of Maladies
Introduction
"A Temporary Matter," the first story in Lahiri's debut collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, opened with a notice from the power company informing a young Indian couple in America that the electricity would be shut off for one hour each...
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