Jhumpa Lahiri - Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come ...

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Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come across some ocean. They say, 'My great-grandparents came from wherever... this is why we have this last name, why we do this thing at Christmas.' All the details get watered down but don't quite disappear.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Fast jeder Amerikaner kann sich auf einer gewissen Ebene mit einem familiären Hintergrund verbinden, der auf ein Meer gestoßen ist. Sie sagen: "Meine Urgroßeltern kamen von überall her ... deshalb haben wir diesen Nachnamen, warum machen wir dieses Ding zu Weihnachten." Alle Details werden verwässert, verschwinden jedoch nicht ganz.

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