the namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
so i saw the previews for the movie and i just thought it looked like a deeply involved story that the book would be a much better way to go with the story. its about this indian-american boy and how he has this weird name. and the story is this deeply integrated story about how much names mean and the really important reason involving his father of why he has this name. and why is he always trying to run from it to be more american? definetely a story about first generation immigrant child but so seamlessly links into his story is the stories of this man's mother, father, girlfriends just changing points of view for a general consciencousness of the world he's living it. i literally sat down in the bookstore and read it in one seating and didn't go to my class. good. thoughtful. and now all i wanna do is see the movie.
I didn't get to read this yet but I had to read her Interpreter of Maladies (book of short stories) for my one class and I really enjoyed it.
see it mentioned on the book how she won a nobel prize for that book and i wanted to read it, but i wasnt sure whether or not it was short stories.
Yeah, it's a bunch of short stories but I really liked them all!
I know you'll -love- "This Blessed House" if you read them.
i've always tried to get into short stories but i just always hate them. like i want more of the story.
i was sitting at Barnes and Noble waiting for a client recently and I picked up this book and got totally involved in the first few pages - and then the client arrived and I didn't want to stop reading
I have to buy this book methinks