I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story. - Jhumpa Lahiri quotes

I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time.

She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - She learned that an act intended to express love could have nothing to do with it. That her heart and her body were different things.

She learned that an act intended to express love could have nothing to do with it. That her heart and her body were different things.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.

The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.

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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes - I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

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