This book is a compilation of short stories. Here I am sharing a couple of quotes from the first short story in the book. I started the story this morning and left it halfway to get to work. It’s so beautifully but simply written, I can’t wait to go back home and finish it.
Growing up, her mother’s example — moving to a foreign place for the sake of marriage, caring exclusively for children and a household — had served as a warning, a path to avoid. Yet this was Ruma’s life now.
And here’s the second one…
By allowing her to leave her job, splurging on a beautiful house, agreeing to have a second baby, he was doing everything in his power to make Ruma happy. But nothing was making her happy; recently, in the course of conversation, he’d pointed that out, too.
~ Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Nice teasers.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/11/teaser-tuesday_4805.html
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment on my review of this book – I’m so glad you also found it wonderful! Lahiri is such a master of story telling…
I love short stories, and really like the teasers, so I’m going to look for this book! I love that cover too!
Here’s my teaser
It’s been a while since I’ve read a collection of short stories and now I’m wondering why! I used to love them. This sounds like a book I’d enjoy.
My teaser is from STEALING MERCY.
@Sandra @Vicki: I am not usually a fan of short stories, but these are really good.