Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies

November 2, 2008

Interpreting Maladies An Interpreter of Maladies is not, as Mrs. Das thinks (and as the reader of Jhumpa Lahiri’s stories may initially be thinking, too), a medical doctor or a psychologist; someone who interprets the origin and meaning of his patients’ various illnesses and malaises and then prescribes the adequate treatment. No: an Interpreter of […]