![]() ![]() It took me a long time to even dare to envision myself as a writer. ![]() When you started seeing yourself as a writer, envisioning yourself as a writer, did you anticipate any of this? Is this the life you saw for yourself? You won the Pulitzer Prize for your debut short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies." And then, of course, movie goers got to know you in "The Namesake," the adaptation of your novel, opened in 2006. MARTIN: You have had quite a couple of years. JHUMPA LAHIRI (Author): Thank you, thank you for having me. Her latest work is "Unaccustomed Earth, A Collection of Short Stories." She joins us now to talk about them from NPR's New York bureau. That's the emotional landscape confronting the characters created by author Jhumpa Lahiri. The feeling of belonging, of being settled, and at home. Family members and friends to be sure, but often something more intangible. And no matter how we came, many of us feel as if we've left something behind. So many of us and our ancestors have come across continents and oceans to be a part of this country. In many ways the immigrant story is the American story. We're going to shift gears now to examine another. ![]()
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