The Namesake
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is a reprint edition published by Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2019, featuring 336 pages in English. This novel explores the immigrant experience through the story of the Ganguli family, who arrive in America from Calcutta. As they navigate their new life, they grapple with the complexities of identity and the challenges of honoring their cultural heritage while adapting to a different world.
Readers will find a nuanced portrayal of family life and the coming-of-age journey of Gogol Ganguli, whose name symbolizes the conflicts between tradition and modernity. The narrative delves into themes of divided loyalties and the intricacies of love and belonging, offering a rich exploration of the ties that bind generations. This edition invites readers to reflect on the intersections of cultural identity and personal growth within the framework of a family saga.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations. Namesake is a fine-tuned, intimate, and deeply felt novel of identity from “a writer of uncommon elegance and poise.” (The New York Times)
Meet the Ganguli 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.
“Dazzling…An intimate, closely observed family portrait.”–The New York Times
“Hugely appealing.”–People Magazine
“An exquisitely detailed family saga.”–Entertainment Weekly
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