The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Book Summary Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2004-09-01 ISBN: 0618485228 Number of pages: 291 Publisher: Mariner Books |
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Book Reviews of the The Namesake: A Novel
Customer Review: Not worth your time
Summary: 1 Stars
I was very disapointed in this book. I expected a glimpse into the Indian culture and immigrants cultural struggles living in America. Instead I got a very slow moving and uninteresting account of a young man not quite fitting in to the world of American academia. There were no real family links, no experiences from the Indian point of view. No feelings revealed from the parents, simply a short dull account of daily life in Mass. This book is like a very slow walk down a boring street. Only occasionally does the reader even care about what's happening to Gogol. The ending was extremely sad and quite a letdown. Didn't Gogol's family teach him anything about life, about what to expect, about values, emotions, love? Did they teach him anything at all? I think not. He is as a typical lost American teenager, cut off from his parents, possibly for different reasons, but with the same result. As American children today, Gogol had to figure life out for himself, a task too daunting for a youth. He needed guidance from his parents, even "old-fashioned" Indian guidance would have helped him to avoid the emptiness and aimlessness of his life. The author cut his parents out of the picture after the first few chapters. What a shame.