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The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake
The Namesake

Indian-American identity quest, cultural dichotomy.

"The Namesake" resonates deeply for anyone who's ever felt caught between worlds. Lahiri's prose is exquisite and precise, capturing the nuances of the immigrant experience and the search for identity. It's a poignant read that eloquently explores the complexities of family, tradition, and belonging.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2004)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri
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ISBN: 9780007196074
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date of Publication: 2004-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.02
(rated by 282390 readers)

Description

In The Namesake, Lahiri enriches the themes that made her first book an international success: the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and the tangled ties between generations. Lahiri displays her deft touch for the perfect detail—the fleeting moment, the turn of phrase—that opens whole worlds of emotion. The Namesake takes the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their transformation into Americans. After their arranged wedding, Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli settle together in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An engineer by training, Ashoke adapts far less warily than his wife, who resists all things American and pines for her family. When their son is born, the task of naming him reflects the complexities of bringing old ways to the new world. Named for a Russian writer by his Indian parents in memory of a catastrophe years before, Gogol Ganguli knows only that he suffers the burden of his heritage as well as his odd name. Lahiri brings great empathy to Gogol as he navigates the first-generation path, strewn with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. With penetrating insight, she reveals not only the defining power of the names and expectations bestowed upon us by our parents but also the means by which we slowly, sometimes painfully, come to define ourselves. The New York Times has praised Lahiri as "a writer of uncommon elegance and poise." The Names
 

Indian-American identity quest, cultural dichotomy.

"The Namesake" resonates deeply for anyone who's ever felt caught between worlds. Lahiri's prose is exquisite and precise, capturing the nuances of the immigrant experience and the search for identity. It's a poignant read that eloquently explores the complexities of family, tradition, and belonging.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2004)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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