The Namesake
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The Namesake
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Narrated by:
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Sarita Choudhury
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Written by:
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Jhumpa Lahiri
About this listen
Soon after they arrive in Cambridge, their first child is born, a boy. According to Indian custom, the child will be given two names: an official name, to be bestowed by the great-grandmother, and a pet name to be used only by family. But the letter from India with the child's official name never arrives, and so the baby's parents decide on a pet name to use for the time being. Ashoke chooses a name that has particular significance for him: on a train trip back in India several years earlier, he had been reading a short story collection by one of his most beloved Russian writers, Nikolai Gogol, when the train derailed in the middle of the night, killing almost all the sleeping passengers onboard. Ashoke had stayed awake to read his Gogol, and he believes the book saved his life. His child will be known, then, as Gogol.
Lahiri brings her enormous powers of description to her first novel, infusing scene after scene with profound emotional depth. Condensed and controlled, The Namesake covers three decades and crosses continents, all the while zooming in at very precise moments on telling detail, sensory richness, and fine nuances of character.
©2003 Jhumpa Lahiri (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a Division of Random House, Inc.What the critics say
"This poignant treatment of the immigrant experience is a rich, stimulating fusion of authentic emotion, ironic observation, and revealing details." ( Library Journal)
"This is a fine novel from a superb writer." ( The Washington Post)
"An effortless and self-assured bildungsroman that more than delivers on the promise of... Interpreter of Maladies." ( Book Magazine)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Andrew Oosterhoff
- 2020-03-26
Broken Book
A quarter way through chapter six and I get music and a voice that says "random house audio presents the Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri" Uhm not an expert but shouldn't that be at the beginning of the book, and shouldn't the chapter line up with the books chapter not start in the middle?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2022-11-15
Was ok
The story itself is quite dull. Very descriptive writing but not much actually happening. You don’t really get to know any of the characters deeper than surface level.
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