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The Namesake. (novel) The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by 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.
- Fiction
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- 291 (hardback edition)
- September 2003 Houghton Mifflin
Apr 6, 2007 · Based on Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, the film follows the life of Gogol, an American-born son of Indian parents, who struggles to balance his cultural identity and personal desires. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (21K)
- Drama
- Mira Nair
- 2007-04-06
The Namesake is a 2006 English-language drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sooni Taraporevala based on the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It stars Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan and Sahira Nair. The film was produced by Indian, American and Japanese studios. [4]
- $20.14 million
- Nitin Sawhney
- $9.5 million
- Mira Nair, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Learn about the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, which explores the identity and cultural clash of an Indian-American family. Find plot summary, analysis, quotes, and study tools on SparkNotes.
Sep 16, 2003 · The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake (2003) is the first novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally a novel 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 her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
- (270.3K)
- Paperback
A novel about the Ganguli family, Indian immigrants in America, and their struggles with identity, culture, and love. Follow the story of Gogol, who hates his name and tries to escape his heritage, and Nikhil, who embraces his Bengali roots and marries a French woman.
A novel by Jhumpa Lahiri about the life of Gogol, a Bengali-American man who struggles with his identity and heritage. The summary covers his childhood, education, marriage, and family, as well as the influence of his father's name and the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
