Talk:Interpreter of Maladies

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[edit] Why just one story?

A Temporary Matter is my favorite story from the book - but why does is this the only described story? I have edited some of the story for inconsistencies and I took out the last line because it was an opinion.

Maybe we can expand this with summaries of all the stories.NYKenny 03:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

This summary was added just today by someone whose grasp of the English language is somewhat limited. Thanks for copyediting, but it still needs way too much work. Despite this, however, I think it would be much better to add smaller, more concise summaries of each short story rather than long, tedious descriptions of every minute detail in every single story. That way the article will not become too long, and yet justice will be done to this wonderful book and all of the parts that make up for it. Opinions? María: (habla ~ cosas) 03:32, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you think we should just cut the Temporary Matter story out until someone can come and describe each story? I would love to but it's been so long since I read the book that I am not the best authority to do so...NYKenny 03:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I think that would be the best move. It's also been a while since I've read the book, but I think I can dig out my copy, and maybe even do some Google searching to see what short, significant summaries I can come up with. Please feel free to jump in and help if you feel you can, NYKenny, or anyone for that matter. :) María: (habla ~ cosas) 02:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I cleaned up the page - and I will try to get some summaries soon!!NYKenny 05:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)