I had the chance to read the short story, “Sexy”, from “Interpreter Of Maladies”, written by Jhumpa Lahiri. The book was published in June of 1999 and is one of the most famous Indian-American collection of stories. Not only that, but it’s chalked full of realistic fiction in over 200 pages of mesmerizing narration. “Sexy”, in “The Interpreter Of Maladies”, focuses on a woman named Miranda that is quickly wooed by a pretty boy, Dev; who is married. They continually go off with each other as Dev lies to his wife and Miranda witnesses another affair. Pretty soon she realizes how affairs impact others and how much of a liar and egotistic man she’s fallen for. The drama and the realistic plot pulls you in as you read the I-can’t-put-this-book-down
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Especially since the setting where Dev and Miranda meet is at a beauty products store. That’d be like in a mall or department store, which makes it easy to really feel the atmosphere of the setting as you read. The two main characters: Dev and Miranda, display the typical twenty year-old’s life and very common situations that occur in today’s society; like affairs and how they’re handled. You have Dev, who’s the lady’s man and a lying cheater, with Miranda, who is more of an innocent and more unaware/naive person with their relationship on the DL (down low). Also, it displays not just the affairs in relationships, but the effect it can have on people; like family. Especially, when the little boy that Miranda babysits talks about how his mother is crying all the time and then Miranda slowly begins to realize after talking to him more, that his father must’ve had an affair. So, that was part of the story that really showed the traumatic effects of a sought affair. However, affairs years ago weren’t as common or spoke of as they are now, so the plot and characters really tie in with one of the everyday conditions of our …show more content…
Indeed, this was also the opinion of Megan Johnson, a book reviewer, writer and blogger, who was touched by “Sexy”. In her review she commented, “I felt an immediate connection with each of the story’s characters, and felt sad and nostalgic by the time I reached the final page.” This is exactly what I thought of reading it for the first time too. It just proves the level of personal connection you can really have when reading this book. Then, she goes on to say, “Each story bears the commonality of the experience, to me, of loving someone from afar: whether because you are from different countries and cultures, speak different languages, are of a different faith, have different values or are just entirely different people.” I one-hundred percent agree with her. There’s so much reality and realisticness that it’s shocking. You feel like you could witness all of this if you went to the store or out to eat. In a way it also feels homey and familiar. Jhumpa successfully managed to compose a story of such great material that speaks a thousand words per every one typed. As a matter of fact, negative book reviews on “Sexy” are as rare as red diamonds. Google it all you want, and it’ll take hours to find one, if you even can find one at all. It’s that worthy of a good rating and a well deserved complementive commentary. Furthermore, she concluded the book review by
Especially since the setting where Dev and Miranda meet is at a beauty products store. That’d be like in a mall or department store, which makes it easy to really feel the atmosphere of the setting as you read. The two main characters: Dev and Miranda, display the typical twenty year-old’s life and very common situations that occur in today’s society; like affairs and how they’re handled. You have Dev, who’s the lady’s man and a lying cheater, with Miranda, who is more of an innocent and more unaware/naive person with their relationship on the DL (down low). Also, it displays not just the affairs in relationships, but the effect it can have on people; like family. Especially, when the little boy that Miranda babysits talks about how his mother is crying all the time and then Miranda slowly begins to realize after talking to him more, that his father must’ve had an affair. So, that was part of the story that really showed the traumatic effects of a sought affair. However, affairs years ago weren’t as common or spoke of as they are now, so the plot and characters really tie in with one of the everyday conditions of our …show more content…
Indeed, this was also the opinion of Megan Johnson, a book reviewer, writer and blogger, who was touched by “Sexy”. In her review she commented, “I felt an immediate connection with each of the story’s characters, and felt sad and nostalgic by the time I reached the final page.” This is exactly what I thought of reading it for the first time too. It just proves the level of personal connection you can really have when reading this book. Then, she goes on to say, “Each story bears the commonality of the experience, to me, of loving someone from afar: whether because you are from different countries and cultures, speak different languages, are of a different faith, have different values or are just entirely different people.” I one-hundred percent agree with her. There’s so much reality and realisticness that it’s shocking. You feel like you could witness all of this if you went to the store or out to eat. In a way it also feels homey and familiar. Jhumpa successfully managed to compose a story of such great material that speaks a thousand words per every one typed. As a matter of fact, negative book reviews on “Sexy” are as rare as red diamonds. Google it all you want, and it’ll take hours to find one, if you even can find one at all. It’s that worthy of a good rating and a well deserved complementive commentary. Furthermore, she concluded the book review by