The Namesake (12)
Title: The Namesake
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Genre: Fiction
I don't know how I had avoided reading this for so long. It had been on my to buy list seemingly forever yet for some reason I just never did. With the film version coming soon to theaters I knew I had to finally read it before a) I saw the movie or b) someone spoiled too many details for me to be able to enjoy the book on my own.
So read it I have. I enjoyed the book, very much. I'm not sure if the story was supposed to feel more foreign or more familiar than it did. I suspect a little of both. Save the details that are specific to being Indian-American it's really a very universal story about not relating to parents, feeling disconnected from family and traditional upbringings, making a place for yourself, and finding, one way or another, to finally make peace with both the world and life that you come from and the world and life you make for yourself.
Recommended.