The Namesake

Ten episodes. First broadcast from 20040913 to 20040924.

By Jhumpa Lahiri.

The Pulitzer prize winning author's lyrical and compelling new novel about fate, family and identity.

 
 
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0120040913In a Massachusetts hospital, 8,000 miles from her homeland, Ashima Galguli gives birth to a baby boy.
Abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Hari Dhillon.
02200409142/10. Born in the USA to Bengali parents - and by a twist of fate given a Russian name, Gogol Ganguli's progress through life looks bound to be complicated.
Abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Hari Dhillon.
0320040915As Gogol reaches adolescence, his father offers him a clue to his past, but the present proves more alluring.
0420040916Can a change of name bring about Gogol's acceptance as an American?
0520040917With a new name, Gogol's life is falling into place. At Yale he finds his vocation and love. But there is still much to learn.
0620040920In New York, a whole new world, completely alien to that of his parents, opens up to Gogol.
0720040921In a Massachusetts hospital, eight thousand miles from her homeland, Ashima Ganguli gives birth to a baby boy.
Abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Hari Dhillon.
0820040922A year after his father's death, Gogol goes on a blind date.
Abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Hari Dhillon.
0920040923A wedding, a new life and another fateful moment feature in the penultimate episode.
10 LAST20040924In the last episode, a final accident of fate brings Gogol to an answer he has sought all his life.