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The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
review by gurpreet (11/20/2008)
I appreciate that an American audience might think they are learning a great deal about Bengali people, but Bengalis themselves can see the gaping holes in Lahiri's understanding. Bengalis like to think they are artistic and religious - these are the sorts of things thatmore
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