About this title: Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer for her story collection, INTERPRETER OF MALADIES. Her first novel, set in Boston and New York, begins in 1968 with a young Indian man doing research at MIT, and his wife, who becomes pregnant with a son. As years go by, their son, unlike his parents, becomes thoroughly westernized and even rebellious, with a series of non-Indian girlfriends--none of whom stick. After a painful breakup, in the year 2000, the young man, who was named Gogol on a whim of his father's (he has since changed it), decides it's time to read a book by the Russian writer for whom he is ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618485222ISBN:0618485228
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780618733965ISBN:0618733965
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618485222ISBN:0618485228
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618485222ISBN:0618485228
Description: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618485222ISBN:0618485228
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"An intelligent and empathetic look at transcultural family life, Indian values and its tensions, and the search for roots by a writer formed by such things (India, UK and US). Wonderful character portrayals, a delightful read that may broaden your cultural awareness as it did mine."
"I liked the first 40 pages or so. I was very interested in the scenes in India and the way the characters perceived the U.S. after they moved. Bu soon I found myself losing interest. There were several problems. One is that Lahiri's novelistic style feels more like summary ("this happened, then this, then this) rather than a story I can experience through scenes. The voice was flat, and this was exacerbated by the fact that it's written in present tense. I never emotionally connected to these characters. I also got bored with the second half that focused on lots of rich, young New Yorkers sitting around drinking wine.
I haven't read her two story collections, but I've heard she's a phenonmenal short story writer--so I'll definitely give those a try. Seems like some fanstastic short story writers (like Aimee Bender and Alice Munro) are pressured to write novels when in fact they are brilliant at the story. It's like asking a surgeon to be an attorney."
"I read this book for my English class and I really enjoyed it. I was able to see more into the Indian culture, which is very interesting. The thing that i did not like about it was how whenever a new character or surrounding was introduced she went on for a while describing every last detail. I heard her short stories are really good, and in a short story she would not have time to do this, so I may read some of those. The movie that was made after the book is also really good, it leaves a lot out, but all movies do. So it is recommended, and it made me want to go see Slumdog Millionaire which is now one of my new favorite movies."
"Namesake was the story of Bengali's family who had to face cultural differences in their life. Gogol, the main character of the story, was born in Boston. He was named after the Russian author, Nikolai Gogol. Gogol's father was a big fan of Russian's literatures and survived because of Nikolai's book from a train accident in India. When Gogol was born, his parents wanted to wait to name him as the naming letter from Gogol's great grandmother was delayed. However, the letter was lost and he was stuck with Gogol. Eventually his parents gave him a good name, Nikhil. He was comfortable being a Gogol until he went to college and changed it legally to Nikhil. The story continued to tell us about his life in the college, girls he met and broke his heart, his defiance against his parents to always go home for Christmas and Thanksgiving. The last part of the book was about his sadness from losing his father from heart attack and his happiness from his marriage life to a Bengali's that became a failure after he found out that his wife was cheating on him. I finished Namesake within 2 days, which was a record as I only read before bedtime. I felt for these characters, especially the mother who was come to Boston without knowing anyone except the husband. How she had to adjust to American life for the sake of her children and eventually had to survive alone when her husband passed. As I doze off to sleep I kept thinking about the Namesake. The questions started to fill up my mind; Will Amanda feel foreign in our homeland the next time we go home? Will Amanda rejected to be with us for Thanksgiving and Christmas when she is in college? Bringing up children in a foreign country will always be a challenge to all parents. Even though we, as parents can pass our cultures, eventually the local culture and moral will take over it. My only hope for this moment is that Amanda will always looking forward to go home to Indonesia and Singapore and feel at home there."
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