Namesake is a fantastic family saga about a family moving from India to the US, building a life here, some of them feeling always conflicted, always split between their identities, between different countries. As somebody who lives in the UK, but is very much tied to his hometown back in Italy, I definitely could relate to some of their experiences and I found that the book talked about them in a really beautiful way. It's an It's an incredible read, warm, engrossing, hurtful in the way it plays with the characters' way lives, but that's the best kind of hurt that prepares you for the challenges of life, at least I want to hope so.
The Namesake (2003)
Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate the awkward name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited values it represents. Determined to live a life far removed from that of his parents, Gogol sets off on his own path only to discover that the search for identity depends on much more than a name.
- ISBN:
- 9780358062684
- Length:
- 298 pages
Genres: literary fiction
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I absolutely adored that book. It was one of my favorite books the year that I read it. ... I highly recommend it and the book if you haven't read it.
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