The Namesake
The American-born son of Bengali immigrants grows up uneasy with the name, and the inheritance, his father chose for him.
- Type
- Book
- Released
- 2003
- Author
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Critics' average
- 80/100 across 1 published score
Genres
Literary fiction · Family drama · Postcolonial fiction
What it feels like
Family · Migration & diaspora · Identity & selfhood · Contemplative · Melancholic
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