7/6/2023 0 Comments The namesake novel book buy![]() ![]() The novel's protagonist, Gogol, son of Ashima & Ashoke Ganguli, gets stuck with the pet name after his 'Good Name' given by his grandmother, gets lost in the postal void somewhere between India and America. Namesake attempts to follow the travails of one oddly named Indian-American boy, Gogol Ganguli, named for the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, through suburban dyspepsia, followed by that particular prosecution of second-generation Indian-Americans - hyper-achievement and Ivy-education. Some might say the same about the contents of the book, packaged neatly as a "novel of identity". ![]() Its design meticulous, appealing and textured. The actual tangible book itself is an object to behold. Lahiri's debut novel Namesake comes in a neat package. ![]()
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