The Namesake
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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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| The Namesake (film) | 1 |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Namesake
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The Namesake (film)
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| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| awardNomination | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction longlist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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fiction ⓘ immigrant literature ⓘ |
| includedIn | many university and high school curricula ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-618-22371-7 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ashima Ganguli
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Ashoke Ganguli ⓘ Gogol Ganguli ⓘ Moushumi Mazoomdar ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Bengali-American immigrant experience
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exploration of second-generation identity ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Houghton Mifflin
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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| pages | 291 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| protagonist | Gogol Ganguli ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
India
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Massachusetts ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
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United States
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| subject |
Bengali diaspora in the United States
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cross-cultural marriage ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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assimilation ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ name and selfhood ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Namesake (film)