The Namesake

Author:

Jhumpa Lahiri

Publisher:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

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Publisher

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

Publication Year 2007
ISBN-13

9780007258918

ISBN-10 0007258917
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 304 Pages
Language (English)
Dimensions (Cms) 20 x 12.9 x 1.5
Weight (grms) 260

Join Ashima in her journey through complex Indian situations


Namesake is the brainchild of Jhumpa Lahiri. The story unfolds with Ashima’s grandmother coming to know that Ashima is pregnant. She was very excited when she came to know this and extremely happy as well on the fact that she would have the opportunity to name the family’s first Sahib. As the story unfolds, Ashima and her husband Ashok have yet not decided a name for their baby until a letter arrives from their grandmother. Ashima’s father sends a letter to Baby Boy Ganguli, actually putting up the name as 'baby boy’. But the American bureaucracy demands a name. In a hurry, they put the name 'Gogol’ not realizing the harsh consequences that this name would have in the future. As time passes, Gogol is raised in suburban America. As he grows, he finds his name ridiculous and is reluctant to us it. His awkward name twitches him. He decides to leave behind the inherited values of Bengali lifestyle and starts on his path to find a good life and comes face to face with conflicting loyalties, love and loss along the way.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri, born as Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, is a famous Indian American author. She's a part of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Apart from this book, she has also authored a short story collection called Interpreter of Maladies and novels like Namesake and The Lowland. She has been awarded with the Pulitzer Prize in the fiction category and was nominated for the National Book Award for fiction and the Man Booker Prize.
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