Fans of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies have had few short stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author to nibble on (beside ” Nobody’s Business,” which appeared in The New Yorker and was anthologized in BASS 2002.) So it was a special treat to find “Hell-Heaven,” in this week’s New Yorker. Enjoy.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.