However, her most striking feature is her voice, which is somehow both raspy and high-pitched and enhances her storytelling. Still, she has diligently taken up many duties even beyond sweeping: In addition to having a knack for hailing rickshaws the second a resident wants one, she routinely shoos away unsolicited salespeople or any dubious characters who wander too close to the building (often to spit or urinate on it). She is 64 years old, and the physical task of maintaining the building’s four floors is becoming difficult for her, especially as the rainy season nears. This guide refers to the 2019 Second Mariner Books ebook edition of Interpreter of Maladies, which includes a foreword by Domenico Starnone, translated from Italian by Lahiri.Ī third-person narrator describes how the main character, Boori Ma, works as the staircase sweeper of a building in a less affluent neighborhood.
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