false 24675029 232621 33917 0618485228 9780618485222 3748 <![CDATA[The Namesake]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255698245m/33917.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255698245s/33917.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33917.The_Namesake 3.90 36290 The Namesake takes the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their fraught transformation into Americans. On the heels of an arranged wedding, Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ashoke does his best to adapt while his wife pines for home. When their son, Gogol, is born, the task of naming him betrays their hope of respecting old ways in a new world. And we watch as Gogol stumbles along the first-generation path, strewn with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.
With empathy and penetrating insight, Lahiri explores the expectations bestowed on us by our parents and the means by which we come to define who we are.</DIV>]]> 3670 4.00 79826 10416 2002 4 0 false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 20:12:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 20:17:00 -0700 2008 more...]]>