When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

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"When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of cultural identity, displacement, and political turmoil through the relationship between a young Indian-American girl and a visiting scholar from Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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instanceOf South Asian American literature
short story
author Jhumpa Lahiri
awardContext Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awareness Lilia learns about the Bangladesh Liberation War
centralRelationship relationship between Lilia and Mr. Pirzada
characterOccupation Mr. Pirzada is a visiting scholar
characterOrigin Mr. Pirzada is from Pakistan
linked to: Pakistani people
characterStatus Mr. Pirzada is separated from his family
collection Interpreter of Maladies is Jhumpa Lahiri's debut collection
countryOfOrigin United States
educationalUse frequently taught in college literature courses
frequently taught in high school curricula
firstPublication 1999
focus intersection of personal life and international conflict
form prose
genre literary fiction
short fiction
hasPerspective Indian-American child perspective on South Asian politics
language English
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
postcolonial literature
mainCharacter Lilia
Mr. Pirzada
narrationType first-person narration
narrativeStyle realist
narrator Lilia
pageCount short story length
publishedIn Interpreter of Maladies
publisher Houghton Mifflin (for Interpreter of Maladies)
linked to: Houghton Mifflin
settingEvent Bangladesh Liberation War
settingPlace New England
United States
settingTime 1971
symbolism candy symbolizes care and connection
television news symbolizes distant war
targetAudience adult readers
theme childhood perspective on war
cultural identity
diaspora
displacement
family and belonging
immigration
partition of the Indian subcontinent
political turmoil
religious and national identity
tone melancholic
reflective

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Interpreter of Maladies containsStory When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine mainCharacter Mr. Pirzada
linked to: When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine characterOccupation Mr. Pirzada is a visiting scholar
linked to: When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine characterStatus Mr. Pirzada is separated from his family
linked to: When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine