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Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “Interpreter of Maladies” comes from her 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection bearing the same title.  It concerns the cultural divide yawning between a tour guide in India who leads an American family of Indian ancestry through an India which is now foreign to them.  

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Interpreter of Maladies (Title)      
• Lahiri, Jhumpa (Author)

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3562 .A316 I58 1999
• PZ1 .B446235 1999

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies. 1999.

                    Call Number: PS3562 .A316 I58 1999

• Tan, Amy (Ed.). Best American Short Stories – 1999. 1999.

                     Call Number: PZ1 .B446235 1999

Reference Materials

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction. 2^nd Revised Ed. – Call Number:  REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o       Vol. 4, pg. 1425

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number:  REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o        Vol. 4, pgs. 2064-2067

• Short Story Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN3321 .S5

o        Vol. 96, pgs. 149-150, 158-160, 167-168, 176-177

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, VCC East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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