Gogol,” by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction, from 2003: “He hates that his name is both absurd and obscure, that it has nothing to do with who he is, that it is neither Indian nor American but, of all things, Russian.”

Jhumpa Lahiri Quote: “Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant”

The Namesake - 4th Estate

Jhumpa Lahiri Quote: “Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant”

The Namesake – poco.lit.

What We're Reading: Cathy Recommends “The Namesake”

The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

The Namesake – a comparision between the book and the movie

The Namesake by Alexa Bramski

The Namesake (2006) - IMDb