%0 Journal Article %T DA INT¨ŚRPRETE DE ENFERMIDADES ¨¤S TERRAS N O FAMILIARES: A FIC O DE JHUMPA LAHIRI %A Prof. Ms. Gustavo Vargas Cohen %J Lumen et Virtus %D 2010 %I JackBran Consult Ltda. %X This article is a na f introduction to contemporary Indian literature produced in English language. Based on a series of reviews published in the New York Times in the last decade or so, this piece of work proposes to present and discuss a selected group of Indian writers, with special emphasis placed on Jhumpa Lahiri and on two of her short story collections, Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and Unaccustomed Earth (2008). %K Indian literature %K Contemporary fiction %K Jhumpa Lahiri. %U http://www.jackbran.com.br/lumen_et_virtus/numero2/gustavocohen.html