num_pages: 291
description: This is the debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories, 'Interpreter of Maladies'. 'The Namesake' tells the story of a Bengali exile in Boston.
language: English
title: The Namesake
titlecomplete: The Namesake
characters: Gogol/Nikhil Ganguli, Ashima Ganguli, Sonia/Sonali Ganguli, Moushumi Mazoomdar, Maxine, Ashoke Ganguli
genres: Book Club, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Indian Literature, India, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 264819
places: Cambridge, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Flamingo