The story itself is set during a tour of the temple of Konarak and hills of Udayagiri and Khandagiri by a family visiting India, during which the tour guide, Mr. Kapasi, sees a potential cure for his loneliness in the person of Mrs. Das, who in a moment alone confides in him that her second child was born of an affair of which her husband is unaware.
Other stories in the namesake collection include "A Temporary Matter" and "The Third and Final Continent". The story itself is set during a tour of the temple of Konarak and hills of Udayagiri and Khandagiri by a family visiting India, during which the tour guide, Mr. Kapasi, sees a potential cure for his loneliness in the person of Mrs. Das, who in a moment alone confides in him that her second child was born of an affair of which her husband is unaware. FTP, what is this title story of a recent Pulitzer Prize winning collection by Jhumpa Lahiri?
Other stories in the namesake collection include "A Temporary Matter" and "The Third and Final Continent".
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