![]() My favorite passage is Gogol’s fond memory of a trip to Cape Cod with his father. And the writing is absolutely fantastic, with a lyrical quality. ![]() But the story is also so specific, so particular to the Indian immigrant experience. In ways it is a universal tale: a coming-of-age story and the changes of perspective that growing up brings. His heritage makes him feel like an outsider, and a lot of the movement in the story line comes from his balance of resisting and embracing his family. He goes through life with a certain level of dissatisfaction with everything, a combination of self-loathing and other-loathing. ![]() ![]() It is his name that the title references, and the book follows his life. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is my favorite novel. ![]()
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