‘Home’ as a Recurring Motif in Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies
Keywords:
Expatriate, Dislocation, Nostalgia, Psychology, Human RelationshipAbstract
Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize winner (2000) short-story collection Interpreter of Maladies (2000) is mainly known for its reflection of the diasporic sensibility of Indian expatriates, most of whom are Bengalis. While dealing with geographical displacement. Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize winner short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (2000), has convincingly shown the subtle psychology of expatriate Indians. Lahiri has shown in depth about how an individual becomes an exile and victim of alienation in his or her own home. One of the important features of this short story collection is the way it deals with the concept of ‘home’ with its different aspects in diasporic as well as native milieu. The Paper attempts to discuss ‘home’ as a constant image in the Interpreter of Maladies.
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