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A review by infinitejoe
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
5.0
4.5
I put off reading this one for a while because I thought going to the same well too many times (Indian immigrants making a new life in a strange land - America) would get tiring.
I'm not sure if the time off helped, or if I would have liked the book just the same had I read it on the heels of Interpereter of Maladies, The Lowland, and Unaccustomed Earth, but I enjoyed the book a lot. My guess, however, is that it is Jhumpa's writing itself, and the vulnerable characters she creates, that would make me like anything she publishes.
Complex characters, a simple story, and captivating writing. Turns out that's all you need.
I put off reading this one for a while because I thought going to the same well too many times (Indian immigrants making a new life in a strange land - America) would get tiring.
I'm not sure if the time off helped, or if I would have liked the book just the same had I read it on the heels of Interpereter of Maladies, The Lowland, and Unaccustomed Earth, but I enjoyed the book a lot. My guess, however, is that it is Jhumpa's writing itself, and the vulnerable characters she creates, that would make me like anything she publishes.
Complex characters, a simple story, and captivating writing. Turns out that's all you need.