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Beautiful, beautiful work by dear lady, Jhumpa Lahiri! ;)

Another thoroughly enjoyable collection of short stories, replete with the typical Lahiri-esque warmth, empathy and verisimilitude that I've grown to adore.. ;)

Although I would recommend readers new to Lahiri's style to explore her debut collection of short stories, ie.Interpreter of Maladies first, Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth remains a heartrendingly poignant read that is surely recommended to dear souls who are courageous enough to venture forth into new genres and the themes therein
(here, migrant identity with awesome themes of Identity [& Home, Love, Family & Sacrifice, too]) of literature by one of mine favourite writers of all time. :D

Beautiful, beautiful work by dear lady, Jhumpa Lahiri! ;)

Another thoroughly enjoyable collection of short stories, replete with the typical Lahiri-esque warmth, empathy and verisimilitude that I've grown to adore.. ;)

Although I would recommend readers new to Lahiri's style to explore her debut collection of short stories, ie.Interpreter of Maladies first, Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth remains a heartrendingly poignant read that is surely recommended to dear souls who are courageous enough to venture forth into new genres and the themes therein
(here, migrant identity with awesome themes of Identity [& Home, Love, Family & Sacrifice, too]) of literature by one of mine favourite writers of all time. :D

"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls."

~ from a poem by Saib-e-Tabrizi (as cited by Khaled Hosseini, p.172)
In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini: 2007.

A beautiful narrative, replete with images too horrible for yours truly to even visualise, at quite a few points. But, Hosseini's work is definitely worth a wholesome read, just for the poignant ending alone..

Revolving around the lives of two amazing women, his work reads as a testimony to their immense courage and strength during times too horrible for so many of us to imagine, and yet the Hope & Courage borne of their hearts are immense and awe-inspiringly human. More of my humble review on this read, *here*. :)

Take care all, minerva*
p.s. Had taken a private vow that i'd never read another book by Khaled Hosseini again (after reading his debut novel, the beautiful Kite Runner, owing to its painful initial chapters with content 'tis humble heart couldn't agree with) - and yet, when this read came as a gift from a sweet co-(English) Oral Examiner i'd once worked with, i couldn't quite resist.. ;)

"Freedom, you are
an arbour in the tree garden, the koel's song,
glistening leaves on banyan trees,
my notebook of poetry, to scribble as I please."

~ Shamsur Rahman, "Shadhinota Tumi" (quoted from the preface of dear lady, Tahmima Anam's lovely novel :) )

Beautiful read ~ An Impressive debut novel by Tahmima Anam who won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2008.

This capture (taken using mine nokia hp cam) is inspired by my Flickrite fruendin, who recommended it: *Colors of My Dreams*.

Thank you, dear lady! :)

Kia hora te marino
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana
Kia tere te karohirohi
I mua i tou huarahi

May the calm be widespread
May the ocean glisten as greenstone
May the shimmer of light
Ever dance across your pathway
- The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera
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Just finished this gorgeous literary read! - The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera.
Beautiful work, through & through.. =)

The book's also been made into a blockbuster, as in *here* and *here*.
Take care all, minerva*