{"product_id":"the-namesake-american-classics-edition-a-novel-isbn-9780063481572","title":"The Namesake American Classics Edition: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e’s Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNamesake\u003c\/em\u003e is a fine-tuned, deeply felt novel of identity from Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri that brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world — conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith penetrating insight, Lahiri reveals not only the defining power of the names and expectations bestowed upon us by our parents, but also the means by which we slowly, sometimes painfully, come to define ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThis eagerly anticipated debut novel deftly expands on Lahiri's signature themes of love, solitude and cultural disorientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003cbr\u003eThis poignant treatment of the immigrant experience is a rich, stimulating fusion of authentic emotion, ironic observation, and revealing details.\u003cp\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLahiri's ... deeply knowing, avidly descriptive, and luxuriously paced first novel is equally triumphant [as Interpreter of Maladies].  Booklist, ALA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJhumpa Lahiri expands her Pulitzer Prize-winning short stories of Indian assimilation into her lovely first novel, THE NAMESAKE.  Vanity Fair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLahiri weaves an intricate story of ... an Indian family in America. Their bumpy journey to self-acceptance will move you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie Claire\u003cbr\u003e[Lahiri] weaves an authentic tale of a Bengali family in Boston... [which] powerfully depicts the universal pull of family traditions.\u003cp\u003eLifetime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe casual beauty of the writing keeps the pages turning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElle\u003cbr\u003e...immaculately written, seamlessly constructed novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of INTERPRETER OF MALADIES.\u003cp\u003eBook Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...remarkably assured first novel. Readers will find here the same elegant, deceptively simple prose that garnered so much praise for her short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBookpage\u003cbr\u003eA debut novel that is as assured and eloquent as the work of a longtime master of the craft.\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGracefully written and filled with well-observed details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople Magazine\u003cbr\u003e...far more authentic and lavishly imagines than many other young writers' best work.\u003cp\u003eTimeOut New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLahiri is insightful on the complexities of foreignness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoston Magazine\u003cbr\u003egraceful and wonderfully specific prose...A Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003eIn the world of literature, Lahiri writes like a native.\u003cp\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenerous, exacting portrait of the clash between cultural dictates and one man's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoston Globe\u003cbr\u003eAstringent and clear-eyed in thought, vivid in its portraiture, attuned to American particulars and universal yearnings...memorable fiction.\u003cp\u003eNewsday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Lahiri's] writing is assured and patient, inspiring immediate confidence that we are in trustworthy hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003eAchingly artful, Jhumpa Lahiri's first novel showcases her prodigious gifts.\u003cp\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLahiri's inventive imagination and mellifluous prose makes her first novel simply wonderful...It's simply splendid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvidence Journal\u003cbr\u003eA fine novel from a superb writer The Washington Post\u003cbr\u003eA delicate, moving first novel.\u003cp\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA debut novel that triumphs in its breadth and mastery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStar Ledger\u003cbr\u003eThe novel not only proves the author's ease with the longer form but clearly demonstrates her artistic sensibility.\u003cp\u003eNews and Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...an accomplished novelist of the first rank, to whose further work we can look forward with confidence and excitement The San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...simple yet richly detailed writing that makes the heart ache as [Lahiri] meticulously unfolds the lives of her characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003eA book to savor, certainly one of the best of the year.\u003cp\u003eAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[An] exquisitely accomplished novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003cbr\u003e...one of the best works of fiction published this year.\u003cp\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...leaves its imprint through completely believable, well-drawn characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003cbr\u003ea fascinating journey of self-discovery.\u003cp\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotionally charged and deeply poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003cbr\u003egraceful and beautiful.\u003cp\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLahiri's latest work doesn't disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e[The Namesake] speaks to the universal struggle to extricate ourselves from the past.\u003cp\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...in this second book Lahiri's pace and accent are unmistakable: somber, unrushed, acute in the exposure they offer to life's injuries and to its inroads of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nation\u003cbr\u003eLahiri more than fulfills the promise of [her] auspicious debut.\u003cp\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...validates all the accolades she's received to date and beckons for more.  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