An entry in this collection includes a character who says that if she saw a girl in a miniskirt she would have her arrested and repeatedly declares that the moon landing was "splendid!"
An entry in this collection includes a character who says that if she saw a girl in a miniskirt she would have her arrested and repeatedly declares that the moon landing was "splendid!" In another story in this collection, a character feels guilty over ripping out a magazine picture of a woman and cries with his wife "for the things they now knew" after a power outage. This collection contains a story in which a stolen sink causes the firing of Boori Ma and a story in which (*) Dev whispers the title word to Miranda in the Mapparium. This collection, which includes "The Third and Final Continent" and "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine," is titled for a story in which Mrs. Das carelessly drops puffed rice, attracting monkeys that attack her son Bobby, and confesses her adultery to her tour guide. "Sexy" and a story about Mr. Kapasi, who holds the titular translation job at a doctor's office, appear in, for 10 points, which first short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri?
An entry in this collection includes a character who says that if she saw a girl in a miniskirt she would have her arrested and repeatedly declares that the moon landing was "splendid!"
Interpreter of Maladies