The Namesake
novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Summary
The Namesake is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,470 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Jhumpa Lahiri[3]
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[4]
- Based on: Q137397122[5]
- Follows: Interpreter of Maladies[6]
- Followed by: Unaccustomed Earth[7]
- Language of work or name: English[8]
- Country of origin: United States[9]
- Publication date: 2003[10]
- Cover art by: Philippe Lardy[11]
- Narrative location: New York City[12], Boston[13]
- Title: The Namesake[14]
- Has characteristic: debut novel[15]
- Derivative work: The Namesake[16]
- Epigraph: The reader should realize himself that it could not have happened otherwise, and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.[17]
- Form of creative work: novel[18]
Why It Matters
The Namesake is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]