The Namesake Review
"Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do." ~ Morris Mandel Book - The Namesake Author - Jhumpa Lahiri Genre - Novel, Domestic Fiction, Bildungsroman "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri is contemporary domestic fiction. In 2006 Mira Nair adapted the book into a movie of the same name. Gogol Ganguly, an American, born to immigrant Indian parents, is embarrassed with his name, which is taken from the weird genius Nickolai Gogol. Consequences of changing his name and later knowing the reason behind his naming led him to the realization of his existence. "But after eighteen years of Gogol, two months of Nikhil feel scant, inconsequential. At times he feels as if he's cast himself in a play, acting the part of twins indistinguishable to the naked eye yet fundamentally different." NAME IS NOT JUST A LABEL, BUT A WHOLE IDENTITY Gogol was not just a name, b