The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

291 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate his name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited values it represents. Gogol sets off on his own path on...

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