“This tradition doesn't exist for Bengalis, naming a son after father or grandfather, a daughter after mother or grandmother. This sign of… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable,… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“Lying in his parents' house, in the middle of the night, she told him the whole story, about meeting Dimitri on a… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“Eventually he begins to practice his new signature in the margins of the paper. He tries it in various styles, his hand… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
