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Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake (2004) 4 stars

The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally …

Review of "The Namesake"

4 stars

I enjoyed reading about this Bengali couple adjusting to life in late-20th century suburban United States. The details about day-to-day life and their family interactions are great. Less entertaining are their son’s Gogol’s misadventures among Gilmore Girls-ish northeastern Ivy Leaguers. But the book is very well written and has a perspective worth discovering.