Word: ganguly
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...Namesake, Lahiri’s much anticipated sophomore effort and first novel, tells the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, newlyweds from Calcutta who immigrate to Cambridge in the sixties and begin life anew. When their son is born, the couple anxiously awaits a letter from a grandmother that will decide the infant’s name, but the letter never arrives...
Unexpectedly, the couple must decide on a name quickly, and settle on Gogol, the surname of Nikolai Gogol, a Russian author whose work Ashoke is convinced saved his own life years earlier. Gogol Ganguli is born into a world of multicultural sensibilities, his name an indication of his own hybrid existence...
...Staff writer Ishani Ganguli can be reached at ganguli@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Ishani Ganguli can be reached at ganguli@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Ishani Ganguli can be reached at ganguli@fas.harvard.edu...