Interpreter

Lahiri does something interesting in Interpreter in that she is not beholden to just one voice, which is somewhat strange for collections like this, usually the author seems to be looking for things to hold the collection together, and point of view is often an easy way to do that, Lahiri switches point of view between stories masterfully, moving from first to third person with ease, and yet her stories link together beautifully, because they are all filled with the same kind of happy melancholy, a private and perfect loneliness, a desperate sadness that still holds mysterious pockets of hope.

Beautiful Interpretation « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2008

Starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn and released earlier this year, The Interpreter is the tale of a white African-born translator who overhears a plot to assassinate "The Teacher", an

ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

The Interpreter was a very small affair, a horseshoe shaped construction built round a vision screen which lit up as they approached.

Against The Fall Of Night Clarke, Arthur C. 1953

He was by the French called the Interpreter, because he understood several of the North

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Indeed, although he never left his work of basket making, the Interpreter was a part of it all.

Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright 1908

Your Interpreter is a fine one for _me_ to go to for advice.

Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright 1908

His only answer to the Interpreter was a shrug of his thick shoulders and a flash of white teeth in his black beard.

Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright 1908

"Interpreter" is specific to the spoken word, of course.

Link: Translator = Interpreter? Judy 2010

"Interpreter" got rave reviews and prestigious awards, topped off with the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Lahiri had thought that being an academic would be a satisfactory compromise with her artistic impulses, but the success of "Interpreter" made it unnecessary.

WHO SAYS THERE'S NO SECOND ACT? 2008