num_pages: 304
description:  "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."— The New York Times"Hugely appealing."— People Magazine"An exquisitely detailed family saga."— Entertainment WeeklyMeet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. 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.In The Namesake , the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations. 
language: English
title: The Namesake
titlecomplete: The Namesake
characters: Gogol/Nikhil Ganguli, Ashima Ganguli, Ashoke Ganguli, Sonia/Sonali Ganguli, Maxine, Moushumi Mazoomdar
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, India, Indian Literature, Book Club, Adult, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 264844
places: Cambridge, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Turtleback Books