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From the internationally best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories—longer and more emotionally complex than any she has yet written—that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers.

In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he’s harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he’s keeping all to himself. In “A Choice of Accommodations,” a husband’s attempt to turn an old friend’s wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In “Only Goodness,” a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism threatens her family. And in “Hema and Kaushik,” a trio of linked stories—a luminous, intensely compelling elegy of life, death, love, and fate—we follow the lives of a girl and boy who, one winter, share a house in Massachusetts. They travel from innocence to experience on separate, sometimes painful paths, until destiny brings them together again years later in Rome.

Unaccustomed Earth is rich with Jhumpa Lahiri’s signature gifts: exquisite prose, emotional wisdom, and subtle renderings of the most intricate workings of the heart and mind. It is a masterful, dazzling work of a writer at the peak of her powers.

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Mr. Kapasi, the protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri's title story, wouldcertainly have his work cut out for him if he were forced to interpret the maladies of all the characters in this eloquent debut collection. Take, for example, Shoba and Shukumar, the young couple in "A Temporary Matter" whose marriage is crumbling in the wake of a stillborn child. Or Miranda in "Sexy," who is involved in a hopeless affair with a married man. But Mr. Kapasi has problems enough of his own; in addition to his regular job working as an interpreter for a doctor who does not speak his patients' language, he also drives tourists to local sites of interest. His fare on this particular day is Mr. and Mrs. Das--first-generation Americans of Indian descent--and their children. During the course of the afternoon, Mr. Kapasi becomes enamored of Mrs. Das and then becomes her unwilling confidant when she reads too much into his profession. "I told you because of your talents," she informs him after divulging a startling secret.

I'm tired of feeling so terrible all the time. Eight years, Mr. Kapasi, I've been in pain eight years. I was hoping you could help me feel better; say the right thing. Suggest some kind of remedy.

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Deserves winning the Pulitzer Prize
Jhumpa Lahiri's collection of short stories about Indians in both India and abroad is delightful.Each story has telling details that create strong character portrayals as well as specific incidents.The reader is carried along in anticipation of what will happen to each of these characters as they make their way through ordinary lives.

"Interpreter of Maladies" provides insights into the expectations and customs of a culture about which many Americans know very little.It is a real pleasure to be taken by the hand by Jhumpa Lahiri and guided through this experience with such concern for the fate of each character.
-- Phyllis Zimbler Miller, author of MRS. LIEUTENANT and co-author of SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION

Pretty good
A good read. As an immigrant, there was much in it for me to identify with.

Interpreter of Maladies
"Interpreter of Maladies" is a wonderful collection of short stories about the Indian/American experience. I've read it and I have given it as a gift to someone whose literary taste I admire.

interpreter of maladies
It was a great little book.Easy to read.A bit different in a good way. I would recommend this book.

A Limited Set of Elements
The amazing thing about Jhumpa Lahiri is that she often uses the same elements in her stories - 1)Indians from India 2)Indians from India living in the Boston/Cambridge area 3)An arranged marriage[I think that she favors them over love oriented marriages - they seem to work out better in her stories] 4)An Indian man whose an engineer 5)A prestigious university - Harvard,M.I.T.,etc. 5)A dead parent - and even with this limitation, she is able to create totally unique stories. The stories may have common borders, but they aren't the same story. Either she is using limited elements to challenge herself or she's trying to create her own territory - the way that Anne Tyler and Ann Beattie and John Cheever and Thomas Hardy have. ... Read more

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Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan’s centennial

Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.” Powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. ... Read more

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Excellent Short Stories
R.K Narayan brings to life the people and places as he narrates the story. I would strongly recommend this book for the people interested in Indian culture.

One of the best Indian writers
This book is a collection of short stories written in very simple language. What really makes the difference is the connection it establishes with the readers. Stories are about simple people and simple issues in life. RNK is one of the best authors I have read. He has his own style of writing.

India calling
Malgudi Days, a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan happens to be my favourite book. The book is a compilation of different short stories that covers a plethora of emotions. It is the right balance between humour, and a dose of drama to cater to different moods of the reader. What makes this book unique is the simple, yet artistic narrative style, used by the author. The descriptions make the reader see the setting clearly. Add to it the perfect blend of beautiful Malgudi, with its rural charm and eccentric to ordinary characters, the narrative is complete. Most stories deal with normal people and their lives in a mainly middle class milieu in south India. In reality, Malgudi is an imaginary town set in the southern part of the country. But its description can be traced to any real town.

The tales come with sprinkling of gentle irony along with a humour. The endings are rather abrupt, which leave an indelible impression on the mind. The simple narrative that Narayan uses is his typical style. So, if you want to take a trip down south and explore the colours of India, you must indulge in the book and read it to your heart's content.

The stories deal with normal lifestyle of the middle class people in South India. Actually, Malgudi is an imaginary town in the southern part of India but its characteristics match with any real town. The tales come with a gentle irony and witty humour. The endings are rather abrupt and it leaves an impression in your mind. This way you are bound to think of them even after reading. The simple way, in which the book comes, is typical to Narayan.

So, if you want to explore the colours of India, you must indulge in the book and read them to your heart's content

Revisiting the old classic.. Nostalgia makes it sweeter
I reread Malgudi days after 20 or so years! It was a delight just as it was when I read them the first time. Only this time; being in the US, made the Characters more endearing! Looking through the mist of time the village with all its sounds sights and smells looked prettier than a real one. This is a book for you all ex-pats to curl up on a snowy winter day with a hot cup of tea (even better if someone makes hot Pakoras to go with!) and enjoy.
To the non-Indian friends, may be a hot coffee and some chicken nuggets (or soy nuggets!) and winter days.
To the couple of readers who were disappointed! Well the whole point behind these stories is to capture the life as it flows. The climax is in the journey itself.

Incredible stories!
Malgudi Days was my introduction to R.K. Narayan and frankly I have been wondering where he's been all my life. These stories are wonderful. They are the kind of stories that will stay with me for several days after reading them. Narayan brings you to a time and a place with each story. His characters are believable, his stories moving, his writing impeccable. Each story is full of humanity. I love this classic author! I really enjoyed this collection and look forward to reading more of his work. ... Read more

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The Namesake tells the story of a newly married couple, Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, who emigrate to the United States from India. Not long after they arrive, their first child, a son, is born and there is an immediate clash of cultures. In the Bengali tradition, the ritual of naming a baby can take up to forty-one days after birth. But in America, bureaucracy demands that the baby not be released from hospital without a name on his birth certificate. Luckily, Indian tradition allows for a pet or nickname to be chosen and, oddly, the parents choose the name Gogol after the Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol.The result of a name that connects Lahiri's Gogol to neither his American birth nor his Indian heritage is the beginning of a search for personal identity. This novel has been made into a wonderful film with the same name from director, Mira Nair.The guide to Lahiri s novel includes information on the following:Why is the namesake of an American-born child with Bengali roots a famous, but disturbed, Russian author?How do our names impact on who we are and who we become?What is the impact of immigration on both parents and children? How do Lahiri's skills as a short-story writer influence her presentation of the story? Every Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide includes complete coverage of the themes and symbols, writing style and interesting background information on the novel and the author. ... Read more

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Any talk of The Namesake--Jhumpa Lahiri's follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, Interpreter of Maladies--must begin with a name: Gogol Ganguli. Born to an Indian academic and his wife, Gogol is afflicted from birth with a name that is neither Indian nor American nor even really a first name at all. He is given the name by his father who, before he came to America to study at MIT, was almost killed in a train wreck in India. Rescuers caught sight of the volume of Nikolai Gogol's short stories that he held, and hauled him from the train. Ashoke gives his American-born son the name as a kind of placeholder, and the awkward thing sticks.

Awkwardness is Gogol's birthright. He grows up a bright American boy, goes to Yale, has pretty girlfriends, becomes a successful architect, but like many second-generation immigrants, he can never quite find his place in the world. There's a lovely section where he dates a wealthy, cultured young Manhattan woman who lives with her charming parents. They fold Gogol into their easy, elegant life, but even here he can find no peace and he breaks off the relationship.His mother finally sets him up on a blind date with the daughter of a Bengali friend, and Gogol thinks he has found his match. Moushumi, like Gogol, is at odds with the Indian-American world she inhabits. She has found, however, a circuitous escape: "At Brown, her rebellion had been academic ... she'd pursued a double major in French. Immersing herself in a third language, a third culture, had been her refuge--she approached French, unlike things American or Indian, without guilt, or misgiving, or expectation of any kind." Lahiri documents these quiet rebellions and random longings with great sensitivity. There's nocleverness or showing-off in The Namesake, just beautifully confident storytelling. Gogol's story is neither comedy nor tragedy; it's simply that ordinary, hard-to-get-down-on-paper commodity: real life. --Claire DedererBook Description
The New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of "Interpreter of Maladies", in a brand-new movie tie-in edition "The Namesake", Jhumpa Lahiri's remarkable debut novel, is a beautiful family portrait that has been hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "emotionally charged and deeply poignant." The Academy Award-nominated director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) picked up a copy of the Mariner paperback for a trans-Atlantic flight; soon after finishing the novel, she was seized by a strong creative urge. "I immediately put two of my other films on the back burner and decided to first make The Namesake.It was an urgent feeling, and I dropped everything in my life to get down to making this film." Distributed by Fox Searchlight, the film is tentatively scheduled for late spring 2006.It stars Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) and was adapted by Sooni Taraporevala, with whom Nair previously collaborated on Mississippi Masala and the Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay! ... Read more

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Avon Romance with Curry Spices
The Namesake begins as a novel of immigration, a familiar genre for obvious reasons in the USA. The first two chapters, describing the dislocation and alienation of the Gangulis upon moving to Cambridge, MA, are relatively poignant and evocative, though the same experiences have been described more memorably in dozens of books. Then the American-born second generation son, Gogol, is introduced, and the rest of the book focuses on his prolonged identity crisis, especially the tension he feels between the expectations of his family and his own desire for assimilation. Again, there's not much new here; the same story has been told with greater realism and more believable individuation of characters by writers from all corners of the planet, including such masterpieces of fiction as "The Bread Givers" by Anzia Yezierska, "Peder Victorious" by Ole Rolvaag, and "Call It Sleep" by Henry Roth, as well as very fine books by more recent writers like Amy Tan, Gus Lee, Julia Alvarez, and more. As a novel of immigration, The Namesake doesn't belong on the same shelf as these. But it doesn't try to. In fact, it changes genres completely around the third chapter, becoming a story of failed love, or rather of serial romatic failures, three humdrum and futile sexual partnerships (one a marriage) all based on mere happenstance of encounter and all ending "not with a bang but a whimper." Honestly, Nikhil Gogol Ganguli is too boringly self-absorbed to be much of a partner, or to be very entertaining to read about. He learns nothing from his wussy love affairs, and in truth there's nothing to learn.

There's nothing especially potent about Jhumpa Lahiri's prose, either. Descriptions are as stale as the dilemmas of life her characters face. Neither Cambridge nor Calcutta is vividly evoked; streets are named, buses are caught, but the imagination slumbers page after page. Likewise, the romantic episodes of Gogol's plodding life are narrated without sensuality. We are told what happens, but we don't feel empathy.

Why, perhaps you want to ask, did I bother to finish The Namesake if I disliked so much? Well, I'm a bit of a compulsive reader, and it was the only novel I had in hand at the time. Also, I began to sense that I'd have to review it by the middle of the book, so I had to finish it in order to be fair. Now I can say, in fairness, that if I were an editor, I wouldn't even consider publishing such mediocrity.

Good writing.Pathetic main character.
Bravo to the author who kept me reading about a pathetic main character.I loved Lahiri's style of writing, and enjoyed peeking into a family epic.The main character Gogol, though, is so distasteful.His whole life is a pity party:He hates his name (the hatred of which seems to form his distasteful character), constantly moans and groans about his confusing Indian/American heritage, not seeming to fit into either, and makes poor choices.He does not show any respect for his parents, which they greatly deserve.And he hops from one bed to another, not fully giving to any relationship.He is a pathetic human being. He has absolutely no redeeming qualities.Despite my distaste for Gogol, I enjoyed the book.

Excellent!
"The Namesake"'s start was somewhat shaky--would this be another book about an unempowered immigrant woman seeking happiness through her children?Thankfully, once Gogol entered his teens and the book centered more on him, it became much more readable.

Somewhat magically, Lahiri manages to defy the "show not tell" rule of good prose; the book is almost all tell, with very little dialogue.But in her skilled hands, it works.She central motif of the book--the significance of names and naming--is conveyed well, not at all overdone or with a heavy hand.And I wanted to hug Gogol and his family by the end--always a sign of a good book, for me!

It's not a perfect book, and I can see why other reviewers prefer her short-story collection "Interpreter of Maladies" (which I haven't read), as at times "The Namesake"'s structure as a collection of time-encapsulated vignettes is slightly off-putting.But Lahiri's prose is unrivaled--absolutely magical.

Touching and a little sad
Well-written narrative by an obviously talented writer, describing the day by day lives of a professional class Indian family becoming adjusted to life in Boston as the father gets his PhD, becomes a professor and dies of a heart attack. The story then becomes mostly about his son, and his struggles to find himself - his loves, joys and disappointments. We empathize with the young man, and see that these things of the heart are universal, not a function of culture. I personally found the story rather sad, because of it's very existential nature - the trying to find meaning in a Godless life - full indeed of culture, friends, entertainment, drinking, food, and sex, but in the end always ending in disappointment -the cycle of life without larger meaning.

Where's the plot?
First off, let me say that Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies" was an incredible book, and one of my favorites. That collection of short stories is a five star effort. Lahiri is a master of the short story. I wish I could say that she is a master of the novel as well, but alas, "The Namesake" proves that she's human like the rest of us and couldn't get it right on the first try. The Namesake has beautiful prose and description, but lacks characters you can connect to and a plot. I think it's also lacking a subplot, which in reality would make this book a 300 page short story.
If you want to experience the best Lahiri has to offer, forget this one and go get "Interpreter of Maladies". ... Read more

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Simple, powerful stories
It was such a pleasure to read these stories. Each story grabs you quickly, and makes its narative thrust accessible. His stories don't stray from his simple narratives; there is very little excess or digression.
The stories are very personal and moral without being preachy. He knows how to capture people's moral ambivalence without judging them or resorting to stereotypes.
I found this book to be both an easy read and very moving.

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I was looking for a hard to find book in large print. I was shocked to see that they were selling a new edition for about $1.57. I was skeptical but for the price took a chance and was amazed to find that I received exactly what was described in perfect brand new condition. The delivery time was also very, very fast. I'll check out their WEB site in the future for more extraordinary values.

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Magic Malamud
Malamud does three or four tricks in his fiction well, and here he does each one to utter perfection.And when taken together, this collection of stories almost transcends Malamud's normal limits: the stories are compressed, short, and below the surface, charged with almost unbearable tension.Unlike other collections of stories (or when you read too many Malamud stories) Malamud does not parody himself in the Magic Barrell.Everything is where it is supposed to be, and works like a well oiled machine.It is a shame that (as of writing this) only eight people have reviewed this masterpiece of a short story collection.In Roth's The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman explains that the world's morality has already passed by the E.I. Lonoff's (a character based on Malamud).Seems Roth was correct... and this is true even more today, thirty years after the publication of The Ghost Writer.We no longer live in Malamud's world, and it is a shame.

50 years later, still relevant
These stories about New York, even when read fifty years later by someone like me from a totally different demographic, in Los Angeles, are still relevant.There are universal self-loathing themes for all immigrants, at all times.I wouldn't call it immigrant lit, but it's more like human diaspora lit, the transience of people, and how people make sense, however limited, of the world around them.Strongly recommend. Malamud is able to make writing about trash untrashy, but not in a falsely glorifying way, but in a humanizing way.These are real short stories, not failed novellas.

Small sad suffering and quiet beauty
These stories are pervaded with a certain sadness and disappointment, a sense of life as largely a trial in suffering. They are also however deep in a kind of quiet beauty, a unique language of slightly Yiddishized American colloquial restraint. The title story, and the most famous one tells of the hopes and disappointments of poor Jews seeking to find their ' bashert' their destined mate. It touches upon the world of tormented souls selling illusions to themselves and others. It really moves us with the sense of how the dreams of life turn bitterness into greater bitterness, with longing disappointment beauty. These stories are for those who are willing to read and take inspiration from the sadnesses of life, that nonetheless enrich our human meaning. ... Read more

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A warm portrait of an immigrant family dealing with America
Immigrants of all sorts have built America, and this book profiles an Indian immigrant family.The challenges they face are described with warmth and sensitivity as they confront the larger culture around them.

It's easy to imagine minor substitutions, and this being the story of nearly any immigrant community, struggling to maintain their connection to their homeland and instill that link in their children who grow up as Americans first, and of the immigrant community second.

I highly recommend this book - and would advocate its use in explaining to high school students the importance of America as a "salad bowl" where groups maintain their individual identity yet become part of the cohesive whole, and not a "mixing pot" where the individual ingredients lose their identity.

A new look at the immigrant experience
You've heard this story before. Junot Diaz, Julia Alvarez, Anzia Yezierska, and Edwidge Danticat are just a few of the authors who have told their own versions. The story they all have in common: The immigrant experience in the United States. Each of the above authors tackles this subject from a different enthnographic perspective, but the pull between the old (native) culture and the new (immigrant) one is always present.

Pulitzer prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri adds to this conversation with "The Namesake" (her first novel which was a follow up to her short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies" which won the Pulitzer): the epic story of the Ganguli family's arrival and assimilation into the world of the United States.

The story begins when Ashoke and his wife (of an arranged marriage), Ashima, come to Massachusetts where Ashoke is a graduate student at MIT. The year is 1968. At the beginning of the novel Ashima is pregnant with her first child, a son.

In Bengali culture, it is common for people to have a formal name and a pet name (nickname). Ashoke has no problem coming up with a nickname for their son: Gogol. Unfortunately, due to a variety of mishaps and misunderstandings, the formal name proves harder to settle on and even harder to enforce. So Gogol Ganguli grows up with only a pet name--one that is not American, or Indian, or a first name.

No one really cares that Gogol's name is so unique, except Gogol whose anxiety over his name is bothersome enough that no external taunts are necessary. Gogol eventually resolves to rename himself, but not after learning the life-changing story that inspired his father give Gogol his name in the first place.

Despite the vast period Lahiri writes about, the novel's focus remains narrowly focused on the characters, especially Ashima and her son. Despite the authenticity that Lahiri brings to her main characters, certain scenes remain naggingly artificial--feeling simultaneously improbable and contrived.

Lahiri's writing here (I've yet to read her short stories) is beautiful without being pretentious or overly self-aware. The story feels authentic and compelling despite the fact that so many of the cultural references remain worlds away.

Even more interesting is the fact that I enjoyed almost the entire novel despite having a strong dislike of Gogol and several of the secondary characters. (I'd say more about what this means in terms of the writing style/skill but I still haven't figured out how that happened.) Despite my misgivings throughout the novel, Gogol does work toward redeeming himself by the end of the story.

Regardless of my nitpicks, "The Namesake" remains a must for anyone interested in the immigrant experience in America. Lahiri's narrative hearkens back to Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex" which has a similar scope, tracing three generation's relationship with Detroit.

"The Namesake" deals with common themes but, as any good book should, Lahiri makes these subjects new and original with her unique characters and wonderful writing.

A Gem
Beautifully and gently written, this book holds and builds your interest as you read on. It is a study, on one level, of people from India in the USA; on another level, it is a wonderful study of the life history of families everywhere. Highly recommended (and I am completely baffled by the low-star review here). The movie is also excellent, but I think you must read the book first, because the movie cannot capture all the nuances of the fine writing in the book. Her volume of short stories, which I read after this, is also a joy, and I eagerly await her next book.

Missed Opportunities
Despite the conventional wisdom on this novel from the Pulitzer-prize-winning Lahiri, (it has been called "quietly dazzling" by at least one reviewer), I'm afraid I was disappointed. The story of an expatriate Indian couple, and, more specifically, of their son Gogol, is languidly expository for page after page, offering little insight, surprise, or sensation despite so many rich opportunities to do so. At times, the story reads like a diary: "This is what it's like for an Indian couple who has relocated to the U.S. in the 1970s." This is what the house looks like; This is what the husband's career is like; This is what the Indian community does on Saturday afternoons. Larger and more interesting issues such as the social conflicts facing the children, responses to the politics and social mores of the adopted country, and the deep emotional struggles between members of the family, are only scratched at. Time passes quickly, and we get virtually all of the story through the ever-imposing, almost maternal voice of the author, rather than through the thoughts, feelings, actions, and sensations of the characters. As such, for me, the book is lacking in narrative momentum and pretty unsatisfying.

A powerful story of the consequences of one's actions
The most wonderful thing about this book is the writing style.The book moved along at a strident pace but it did not lack any detail.It was a great story of assimilating into a different country and culture with the yoke of a name (shared by no one) constantly harnessed about himself.The story was lovely and the writing grand.The characters were so well-defined that I felt like I knew them, like I could easily picture them in my mind.I loved the book and look forward to reading her first book. ... Read more

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Original essays and glorious photography, stunningly designed in this unique moviebook from the director of Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair—a Fox Searchlight release.

In her essay "Writing and Film," the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the experience of seeing her novel "transposed" from paper to film. "Its essence remains, but it inhabits a different realm and must, like a transposed piece of music, conform to a different set of rules….To have someone as devoted and as gifted as Mira reinvent my novel…has been a humbling and thrilling passage."

Mira Nair's essay, "Photographs as Inspiration," begins with the provocative comment: "If it weren't for photography, I wouldn't be a filmmaker." She explains how photographs help her crystallize the visual style of her films and which particular photos influenced her vision for The Namesake.

These two essays, written exclusively for this Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook, introduce an amazing panoply of images of people and places shot mainly in New York and Calcutta during the making of the movie, accented by excerpts from Lahiri's bestselling novel. Six Indian and American photographers' works are represented.

Brilliantly illuminating the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations, The Namesake tells the story of the Ganguli family, whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to adapt to a new world while remembering the old. The couple's firstborn, Gogol, and sister Sonia grow up amid these divided loyalties, struggling to find their own identity without losing their heritage. Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Superman Returns) stars as Gogol. ... Read more

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Title: Reading Jhumpa Lahiri's interpreter of Maladies as a short story cycle.(II. Reading, Re-Reading, Recovery)(Critical Essay)
Author: Noelle Brada-Williams
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Volume: 29Issue: 3-4Page: 451(14)

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Title: Jhumpa Lahiri. The Namesake.(Book Review)
Author: Ramlal Agarwal
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
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