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Namesake is a story of guilt and liberation; it speaks to the universal struggle to extricate ourselves from the past—from family and obligation and the curse of history."
Mar 18, 2020 · 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.
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Sep 18, 2020 · The namesake. by. Lahiri, Jhumpa. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Young men -- Fiction, East Indian Americans -- Fiction, Children of immigrants -- Fiction, Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction, Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction, Alienation (Social psychology), Assimilation (Sociology), Children of immigrants, East Indian Americans ...
The "namesake" of the title, named after his father's favorite Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852). A first– generation Indian American whose uneasiness with his name exemplifies his difficulties in fitting in, either to his parents' expatriate world or to the world inhabited so comfortably by his American peers. Sonia Ganguli
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."
186540072-The-Namesake - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri follows Gogol Ganguli from birth through middle age as he struggles with his identity as a second-generation Indian immigrant.
The Namesake - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The novel follows Gogol Ganguli and his struggle with his identity as a second-generation Indian immigrant.
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Mar 27, 2014 · 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. 'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have agreed to put o...
