World Literature Today, September 1st, 2004
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 2003. 291 pages. $24. ISBN 0-395 92721 8
JHUMPA LAHIRI'S The Namesake appears within one year of publication of Bharati Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters (see WLT 77:3-4, p. 86). Both novels have identical plots: a young Indian armed with an IIT degree moves to America with his wife for better prospects. After initial hassles, he qualifies for lucrative jobs. He sends his children to American schools and begins to enjoy the benefits of an open and prosperous society. He does not survive for long, however, and the wife is left alone and re...
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