The Namesake

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novel

The Namesake is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of identity, immigration, and family through the life of a Bengali-American man navigating his dual cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
The Namesake canonical 17
"The Namesake" 1
The Namesake (2003 novel) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedAs The Namesake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Namesake (film)
author Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
awardNomination PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction longlist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Gabriele Wilson ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Mira Nair ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2006 ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy Unaccustomed Earth ⓘ
follows life of a Bengali-American man ⓘ
genre bildungsroman ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
immigrant literature ⓘ
includedIn many university and high school curricula ⓘ
isbn 0-618-22371-7 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Ashima Ganguli ⓘ
Ashoke Ganguli ⓘ
Gogol Ganguli ⓘ
Moushumi Mazoomdar ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Bengali-American immigrant experience ⓘ
exploration of second-generation identity ⓘ
originalPublisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
surface form: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
pages 291 ⓘ
precededBy Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
protagonist Gogol Ganguli ⓘ
publicationYear 2003 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
setInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
setting India ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subject Bengali diaspora in the United States ⓘ
cross-cultural marriage ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
family ⓘ
identity ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
name and selfhood ⓘ

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Jhumpa Lahiri → notableWork → The Namesake ⓘ
Jhumpa Lahiri → hasPublication → The Namesake ⓘ
The Namesake → adaptedAs → The Namesake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Namesake (film)
Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri → notableWork → The Namesake ⓘ
Unaccustomed Earth → follows → The Namesake ⓘ
The Lowland → precededBy → The Namesake ⓘ
Interpreter of Maladies → followedBy → The Namesake ⓘ
Tim Squyres → editedFilm → The Namesake ⓘ
Irrfan Khan → notableWork → The Namesake ⓘ
Tabu → notableWork → The Namesake ⓘ
Mira Nair → notableWork → The Namesake ⓘ
Mira Nair → directed → The Namesake ⓘ
Gogol Ganguli → appearsIn → The Namesake ⓘ
Ashoke Ganguli → appearsIn → The Namesake ⓘ
Ashoke Ganguli → diesIn → The Namesake ⓘ
Gabriele Wilson → designedCoverFor → The Namesake ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Namesake"
Ashima Ganguli → appearsIn → The Namesake ⓘ
Ashima Ganguli → firstAppearedIn → The Namesake ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Namesake (2003 novel)
Moushumi Mazoomdar → appearsIn → The Namesake ⓘ
A Real Durwan → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Namesake ⓘ