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What are readers saying about The Namesake (movie tie-in edition)?
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Sachithra De Alwis posted a review at 2009-10-04 09:04:10.
(Language: English)
 
Sensitive.Can read at a stretch! 
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A reader posted a review at 2009-09-30 00:38:18.
(Language: English)
good read!
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Riddhesh posted a review at 2009-07-07 03:44:13.
(Language: English)
Nice read. Good storyline. Jhumpa Lahiri has written this book very well. The book is about a guy who is in search of himself. It is about how life descends on to American born Indian's. It is about a person who haggles in between the Indian and American culture, trying to live up to the expectations of Indian parents and american girlfriends. For all those, who despise reading a book can go and see the movie with the same title 'The Namesake'. It is quite an old film.
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Lisa posted a review at 2009-05-27 09:19:56.
(Language: English)
I didn't really enjoy this. There was nothing wrong with the writing or the story but somehow I didn't connect with the characters. Great looking book though.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-04-01 06:19:17.
(Language: German)
I identified so much with the protagonist and with his father
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Barbara posted a review at 2009-03-11 21:56:39.
(Language: Portuguese)
lição de vida p todas as idades
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Uday Kanth posted a review at 2009-02-26 20:42:36.
(Language: English)
Just beautiful. I loved it till the end
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Nazia Nasir posted a review at 2009-02-18 08:25:16.
(Language: English)
the book is well written and captivating. but didnt understand the climax.i was left wanting for more. maybe meant for the intellects.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-02-17 03:38:03.
(Language: English)
good read!
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A reader posted a review at 2009-02-11 18:44:01.
(Language: English)
I loved this book - just finished reading it and it was a real roller coaster, the family had so many missed opportunities to share the important moments in their lives, and Gogol's embarrassment at the name his father gave him led him to change his name to an acceptable Indian name, which he regrets later when he comes to realise why he was given the strange Russian writer's name. The father never disclosed it during his childhood and when he did it was too late to change it. The relationships with the wider Bengali community in American university circles is very well drawn, and the security of the extended family and the frequent returns to Calcutta showed the loneliness of their immigrant lives. Particularly the mother's situation is very poignant, in that she subsumes any of her desires in the interest of maintaining the cultural bonds that are expected of her. She agrees to the arranged marriage, she lives in a strange community and a strange land, and she tries to give her children a sense of their Indian culture. Predictably, this backfires as they are more American than Indian, the clash of cultures is not so extreme as it seems to be in some communities in England. The parents are remarkably accepting of their children's relationships with Americans and despite the attempts at arranging marriages, they are pragmatic at the outcome of Gogol's mismatch with his Indian wife. Gogol has the sense of alienation that must be common in immigrant children where they get hassled in school and they keep their heads down in order to fit in. I found the pace of the book good given that it covers many years, and gives a great insight into the wider lives of academic immigrants, as opposed to the unskilled migrant workers that seem to get a lot of cover in novels - Rose Tremain's The Road Home, Marina Lewycka's Two Caravans come to mind. A recommended read!
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