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Description
Jhumpa Lahiri's debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, took the literary world by storm when it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Fans who flocked to her stories will be captivated by her best-selling first novel, now in paperback for the first time. The Namesake is a finely wrought,... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Ashima Ganguli: Add a description of this character.
- Ashoke Ganguli
- Gogol( Nikhil) Ganguli: Ashima's and Ashoke's son
- Sonia(Sonali) Ganguli: Ashima's and Ashoke's daughter
- Ruth
- Maxine
- Moushumi
- Lydia
- Gerald
- Dimitri
Memorable Quotes
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“It is a chilly, spectacular November day, the blue sky cloudless, the trees shedding bright yellow leaves that blanket the ground”
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“Things that should never have happened, that seemed out of place and wrong, these were what prevailed, what endured, in the end”
First Sentence
ON A STICKY AUGUST EVENING two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Jhumpa Lahiri (Author)
- Mira Nair
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