Pasage: Lahiri's early short stories faced rejection from publishers "for years". Muunganidzwa wake wekutanga wenhau pfupi, Interpreter of Maladies, yakazoburitswa muna 1999. Nyaya idzi dzinobata nematambudziko akakomba muhupenyu hwevaIndia kana maIndia vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika, nemisoro yakadai sekunetseka kwewanano, kusuwa mwana akaberekwa akafa, uye kusabatana pakati pechizvarwa chekutanga nechipiri chevaAmerica vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika. Lahiri akazonyora, "Pandakatanga kunyora ndakanga ndisingazive kuti nyaya yangu yaive chiitiko cheIndia-America. Chakandibata kune hunyanzvi hwangu kwaive chishuwo chekumanikidza nyika mbiri dzandakatora kuti dzisanganise papeji sezvo ini ndisina kushinga, kana kukura zvakakwana, kuti ndibvumire muhupenyu.
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