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  • The Namesake is set predominantly in the United States.

    A Conversation with Jhumpa Lahiri 2010

  • "The pleasant surprise of The Namesake is that Penn is equally believable as a yuppie architect."

    GreenCine Daily: Brooklyn Rail. March 07. 2007

  • The Namesake is a fine-tuned, intimate, and deeply felt novel of identity.

    The Namesake: Summary and book reviews of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. 2003

  • The Namesake is also subtle in style, elegant, and paced realistically.

    The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: Questions 2003

  • The Namesake is another one that I really liked and got my book club to read.

    Blog updates 2009

  • Nair's ambitious The Namesake is her adaptation of the National Book Award-winning novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, telling of the journey of an Indian-American architect and his parents from Calcutta to New York.

    unknown title 2009

  • Nair's ambitious The Namesake is her adaptation of the National Book Award-winning novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, telling of the journey of an Indian-American architect and his parents from Calcutta to New York.

    unknown title 2009

  • Meera, Bengali bhel always reminds me of that lovely description in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Namesake" where Ashima is trying to put together a bhel with locally available ingredients.

    Thanks, Richa!! Meera 2008

  • "Wolf on the Wave," by Johanna Stokes and Julia Bax, puts a female spin on an old-school pirate tale; and John Roers & Lee Carter's "Namesake" gives us a tale of modern-day high-seas piracy.

    Review: Pirate Tales David S. Carter 2006

  • "Wolf on the Wave," by Johanna Stokes and Julia Bax, puts a female spin on an old-school pirate tale; and John Roers & Lee Carter's "Namesake" gives us a tale of modern-day high-seas piracy.

    Archive 2006-11-01 David S. Carter 2006

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