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The Namesake
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The Namesake is an English language novel.It is the second book by author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally a novella published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full length novel. It explores many of the same emotional and cultural themes as her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies. Moving between events in Calcutta, Boston, and New York City, the novel examines the nuances involved with being caught between two conflicting cultures with their highly distinct religious, social, and ideological differences.
Novel Detail
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
| Author: | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Characters: | Ashoke Ganguli,Ashima Ganguli,Gogol/Nikhil Ganguli,Sonia/Sonali Ganguli,Ruth,Maxine,Moushumi Mazoomdar |
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