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