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The namesake

Lahiri, Jhumpa2004
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Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate his name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited values it represents. Gogol sets off on his own path only to discover that the search for identity depends on much more than a name.
Main title:
The namesake / Jhumpa Lahiri.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2004.©2004
Collation:
291 pages ; 20 cm.
Awards:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
ISBN:
9780006551805 (paperback)9780006551805 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6820
Language:
English
BRN:
129032
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