Lahiri's previous books, such as "Interpreter of Maladies" (1999) and "The Namesake" (2003): physical and emotional displacement, longing and loneliness. "The Lowland" continues the themes of Ms. citizens, and the Man Booker prize, which is reserved for British, Irish and Commonwealth authors (though next year it will be open to all English-language novels published in the U.K.). Her new novel, "The Lowland" (Knopf, 339 pages, $27.95), has been nominated for both the National Book Award, which is exclusive to U.S. Lahiri was born in London and raised in the U.S. Even the reception of her books reflects a regional uncertainty. Jhumpa Lahiri's fiction is a study in what you might call quantum geography-the phenomenon of residing in different places simultaneously.
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