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Jhumpa Lahiri
Raised in Calcutta, Ashoke Ganguli moves to America and marries Ashima in an arranged marriage. Their son, named Gogol after the Russian writer who saved his father's life, grows up between two cultures and tries to escape the weight of his name. A story of immigrant families, identity, and belonging across generations.
- ISBN
- 9780006551805
- Edition
- Fourth Estate
- Genre
- Literary Fiction
- Format
- Physical
- Pages
- 291
My thoughts
This is just to check a box off, really. I mean it has been on my tbr since forever and I had to tick it off. It was a good story,of a guy who was accidently named something else than what it should have been and how his life spins around that. We see his whole story and how certain things affect him, I'd not say it was bad but like it didn't stick ig?? or i was just late to the hype party of this book???
We lend within Bangalore; elsewhere, we'll note your interest.