false 25440 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167721917m/25440.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167721917s/25440.jpg 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.]]> 25440 1 3764319 18 12 2006 The Namesake: A Portrait of the Film Based on the Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks)/ NOT THE NOVEL total:83|5:24|4:35|3:20|2:3|1:1| 83 327 128 11 3670 4.00 80719 10494 21572 3.95 88 11 73788894 2817017 0 0 false Wed Oct 07 16:20:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:20:55 -0700 2009 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri explored the lives of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, who settled in Boston from India, and their children, Gogol and Sonia. The first part of the book expressed Ashima s difficulties with settling into her new ho...more...]]> 22847957 521334 3 0 false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 18:54:41 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 09:43:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 78495689 2965820 3 0 false Fri Nov 20 19:31:03 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 19:31:03 -0800 2009 http://literatehousewife.wordpress.com/2...]]> 22965480 887672 5 0 false Mon May 26 03:56:49 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 03:58:49 -0700 2008 22985562 354116 4 0 false Mon May 26 11:26:46 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 11:37:22 -0700 2008 32383506 1384531 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 08 17:04:22 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:06:11 -0700 2008 The book is marvelous tales of 2 worlds of India and USA and far superior to the movie version.]]> 22243162 1160195 5 0 false Wed May 14 11:36:07 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 11:36:40 -0700 2008 18157950 981629 5 0 false Wed Mar 19 22:34:23 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 22:34:46 -0700 2008 22152256 1140133 5 0 false Tue May 13 09:32:16 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 09:33:08 -0700 2008 ]]> 10040 250 2 0 false Tue Jan 23 12:48:22 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 24 06:16:11 -0800 2007 37387337 1703608 4 0 false Mon Nov 10 19:56:51 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 19:56:51 -0800 2008 80047460 2936532 0 0 false Sun Dec 06 00:23:03 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 05:36:48 -0800 2009 77944298 2948843 0 0 false Mon Nov 16 05:53:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 05:53:33 -0800 2009 76497277 1432947 0 0 false Mon Nov 02 11:44:34 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 11:44:34 -0800 2009 76234009 2894528 0 0 false Fri Oct 30 13:45:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:45:52 -0700 2009 75833994 659108 4 0 false Mon Oct 26 17:53:23 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 17:53:23 -0700 2009 74398109 2832867 0 0 false Tue Oct 13 10:17:03 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 10:17:03 -0700 2009 71198546 2737830 3 0 false Mon Sep 14 12:29:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:29:30 -0700 2009 70247119 2706702 0 0 false Sun Sep 06 08:58:05 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:58:05 -0700 2009 69534420 2686175 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 01:48:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 01:48:17 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=25440