The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri PDF Download

January 27, 2019 Novels

Download The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri PDF free. “The Namesake: A Novel” is such a well-written novel with nice character development, good flow of the story and lovely family & history.

Description of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri PDF

“The Namesake: A Novel” is a refreshing reminder about the beauty of diversity in America. Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of this book. In this novel, Lahiri relates herself to the main character, Gogol, a man who is caught between two conflicting cultures. The novel tells the story of a traditional Bengali couple, Ashoke and Ashima, who migrate from Calcutta, India, and first settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Throughout their years, they raise their son Gogol, the traditional Bengali way, but he begins to grow into an American man and leaves his cultural roots behind by betraying his parents. He disrespects them in ways they find untraditional such as changing his name. Gogol leaves his parents and starts a new life on his own as he moves out for college, begins romantic relationships with nothing but American woman, but later on, ends up with someone he never expected to marry.

Through this story, Lahiri’s goal is for her readers to understand the importance of cultural life and the emotional feeling of belonging nowhere. Overall, she did a great job in telling a story for one to comprehend the importance of combining two unique cultures and the relationship one has with their culture. For Gogol, it took him time to understand and accept himself. Gogol was simply a character who relates to many diverse people trying to discover who they are and where they come from without clashing two cultures.