For 10 points, name this IndianÂ­American author of the short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
In a story by this author, a child is given a box of candy every day by a botanist who can't keep the names of his seven daughters straight. This author wrote about a man who reveals that he ripped a woman's picture out of a magazine, and that he sold his anniversary gift, a sweaterÂ­vest, while playing a secretÂ­telling game with his wife during power outages. In a story by this author, a boy who is trying to memorize all the capitals uses "loving someone you don't know" to define a word which (*) Miranda heard whispered across the Mapparium by Dev. In one of her stories, the characters look at friezes of naked bodies before Mr. Kapasi saves Bobby from a horde of monkeys. For 10 points, name this IndianÂ­American author of the short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
In a story by this author, a child is given a box of candy every day by a botanist who can't keep the names of his seven daughters straight.
Jhumpa Lahiri