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Sep 16, 2003 · In The Namesake, Lahiri enriches the themes that made her collection an international bestseller: the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations.
The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by British-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length novel. It explores many of the same emotional and cultural themes as Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
The Namesake is the story of two generations of the Gangulis, a family of Indian immigrants to the United States. When we first meet Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli they are living in a small apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about to welcome their first child into the world.
Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel is celebrated for its nuanced portrayal of the immigrant experience, the generational divide, and the significance of names in shaping one's sense of self. The Namesake addresses themes of cultural identity, assimilation, and the evolving definition of home.
Sep 1, 2004 · The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri is an amazing novel that describes the life of, Gogol, a second generation immigrant boy living in the United States. It very vividly describes the struggles of assimilating into American culture while still keeping his family's Indian traditions.
A short summary of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Namesake.
Jun 4, 2019 · The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri is an amazing novel that describes the life of, Gogol, a second generation immigrant boy living in the United States. It very vividly describes the struggles of assimilating into American culture while still keeping his family's Indian traditions.
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A concise biography of Jhumpa Lahiri plus historical and literary context for The Namesake.
Jan 1, 2003 · An incisive portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life, in a debut novel that spans three decades, two continents, and two generations.
The Namesake: A Novel. Jhumpa Lahiri. HarperCollins, Sep 1, 2004 - Fiction - 336 pages. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the...
