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My purpose for reading this was mostly because it sounded similar to what I’ve tried to do with my recently finished book. This is a collection of stories, basically, about Indian people set in either the U.S. or India.
It was quite helpful to read. I’ve never read anything written by an Indian writer…or, second generation Indian, actually. But after having lived in Korea a while, I can pick up on certain Asian cultural subtleties that Indians and Koreans share, despite the fact that countries themselves are radically different.
I’m a little surprised this book won a Pulitzer Prize to be honest. Of the nine stories I’d say four or five are pretty great, I especially liked the title piece.