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Richard Nespithal rndevfx — A professor once explained sonnets to me. Apparently, the trick is that the poet takes on challenging, traditional form and then demonstrates the ability to both obey and break the rules. Behold: creativity! I would argue that the short story collection is just as challenging. In my time, I've seen only a few short story collections that I could bring myself to recommend. It's quite difficult to write a short story, but to put together an entire collection that passes muster is no small feat. This is exactly what Jhumpa Lahiri does in Interpreter of Maladies. The lead story, "A Temporary Matter," certainly knocked my socks off. However, I think we're used to that with short story collections. We learn to put out socks back on and continue reading with reduced expectations. This time, leave those socks where they are. I could not believe the consistency in Lahiri's stories. She has the ability to turn a story on its head in a way that makes me reluctant to summarize, but enthusiastic in recommending that others read her work. There are, however, common themes in these stories. Each one can be tied to immigration and the Indian immigrant's experience in America. Further, each of these stories discusses relationships, particularly marriage. Each of these stories is written quite well, and Lahiri can certainly turn a phrase. I quite liked this line from "Mrs. Sen," In the supermarket I can feed a cat thirty-two dinners from one of the thirty-two tins, but I can never find a single fish I like. North America is so bizarre, and we might not realize it if we neither travel nor read about the experiences of those that travel. I'm not at all surprised that Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize, an award that has recently gained my respect in comparison to the Booker and even the Nobel Prize. And if nothing else, she passes the sonnet test.

Maria Ioannidou mariavioannidou3e51 — If I had to recommend just one nonfiction book to friend, this would be the one. When I took an Intro to Anthropology course last year, the Prof cited and recommended this one repeatedly. I had already read it, as had several of the other students. All of us were of the same high opinion of it. Think of it as a book on why, when, and where did civilizations florish. My favorite take-away from reading it was that every plant and animal that CAN be domesticated HAD BEEN domesticated over 3000 years ago. There are good biological reasons that the first European explorers of the New World didn't find the indigenous peoples riding bison or elk, but the subsequent ones found a florishing horse culture on the American plains. Diamond's book "Collapse" is an equally well written and informative book about why civilizations have collapsed, sometimes after hundreds or thousands of years. It's never 'preachy' but there are many lessons for today if you listen carefully.