Jhumpa lahiris the lowland loses out on us national. Four of this years poetry finalists are on the list for the first time, the exception being frank bidart, who is a threetime national book award finalist 1997, 2005, and 2008 and a three. Nov 21, 20 pulitzer prize winning indianamerican author jhumpa lahiris new novel, the lowland failed to win the 20 us national book award in fiction losing out to author james mcbride. Jhumpa lahiri, a 20 national book awards finalist winner for fiction, reads from her book, the lowland, during the national book. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 340 pages and is available in hardcover format. The protagonist of the lowland, subhash mitra, travels from west bengal to rhode island to work at a university in.
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