The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0618733965 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0618733965 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
From the back cover:
"Meet the Gangli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world -- conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.
In The Namesake, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations."
I enjoyed this story very much. Reserved for ApoloniaX's South Asian VBB.
"Meet the Gangli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world -- conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.
In The Namesake, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations."
I enjoyed this story very much. Reserved for ApoloniaX's South Asian VBB.
Sent this book to blueblack, who chose it from ApoloniaX's South Asian VBB. I hope you enjoy it!
Journal Entry 3 by blueblack at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Sunday, February 6, 2011
Received as part of the South Asian VBB, thank you!