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Title: not as good as the short story collections
Review: The Namesake, the first novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, is writtenin a deceptively simple style. It is a very well crafter novel thatboth explores the role of Indians in America, and tells thestory of a family over several decades.Unfortunately, I have to say that I was somewhat disappointedby the novel. Lahiri's collection of stories, "The Interpreterof Maladies" had a much larger impact on me. A version of "The Namesake"also appeared as a short story in The New Yorker, and I liked thatversion far better. I agree that Lahiri is among the best writers inthe US currently, but short stories are her definite strength.
