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From the back:

"Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals form Calcutta trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours and wrenching love affairs.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her story collection Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations."

My review:

This one's been on the shelf for a while. I got it from a FreeCycler two years ago and had just seen the movie. I probably would have passed it on without a read, except I heard the author read one of her short stories on an NPR radio show ("Selected Shorts" produced by WNYC). It was a beautiful story and reminded me of the book, so when I needed another commuter book, this one went into the back pack.

And I'm glad it did. Although I was very familiar with the story (the movie followed the plot closely), I loved the language and description Lahiri uses. The actual story is not much different from any immigrant family's, but the small details illuminate this book and make for lyrical reading. I recommend this one and might set up a book ray.

This sat on my TBR shelf for far to long. It's going into my
"Something for Everyone MTB Book Box" for someone else to enjoy.

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Just finished reading this book. I've also seen the movie so knew what was coming up. The movie remained quite true to the plot of the book. Even so I had a hard time putting this one down. I've immensely enjoyed all of Lahiri's books I've read so far.

Happy Birthday!

Thank you very much, biisbsw, for sending me this wishlist book for my birthday, together wit a lot of other nice things.
I am very curious for this one: I've never read a book by Lahiri. Will keep you posted as to what I think of this one. (May take a while before I get to it though..).

Thanks so much for your donation Boekentrol!

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