Gogol Ganguli wächst in den USA als Sohn indischer Einwanderer heran. Beharrlich versucht er, die festgefahrenen traditionellen Werte seiner Eltern hinter sich zu lassen und seinen eigenen Weg in Amerika zu finden. Und als Erstes will er seinen schrecklichen Namen loswerden...

Informationen zum Autor Jhumpa Lahiri has been a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but is currently teaching in New York. She has published her fiction in various US journals including the New Yorker, and has won several US prizes for her work. Klappentext Reissues of the work of the popular author well-known for chronicling the experiences of Indian immigrants in the United States. 'Discriminating, compassionate and surprising' Rachel Cusk Zusammenfassung 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America.

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Jhumpa Lahiri has been a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but is currently teaching in New York. She has published her fiction in various US journals including the New Yorker, and has won several US prizes for her work.

Klappentext

Reissues of the work of the popular author well-known for chronicling the experiences of Indian immigrants in the United States. 'Discriminating, compassionate and surprising' Rachel Cusk

Zusammenfassung
'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America.