The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)

fantastic. so much better than the movie.

Rubbish. Éclat for Lahiri's work baffles me. She continues to create characters ("ABCD") who are bland, pretentious, self-loathing and pathetic. What else can one expect from a "detached observer" (her words). I wish she'd stop writing drab "it sucks to be brown" tales from an ambiguous South Asian perspective and focus on her clear interests: American (in her case, ALWAYS white) and/or European...more

Rubbish. Éclat for Lahiri's work baffles me. She continues to create characters ("ABCD") who are bland, pretentious, self-loathing and pathetic. What else can one expect from a "detached observer" (her words). I wish she'd stop writing drab "it sucks to be brown" tales from an ambiguous South Asian perspective and focus on her clear interests: American (in her case, ALWAYS white) and/or European culture. She gets points for her descriptive literary techniques, though at times to her own detriment as she is often too wordy, dragging out paragraphs and chapters. I couldn't wait for the book to end.   hide

I absolutely loved this beautiful story.

She is the best...