304 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2003 by Houghton Mifflin.
4 stars
(1 review)
Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate the awkward name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited values it represents. Determined to live a life far removed from that of his parents, Gogol sets off on his own path only to discover that the search for identity depends on much more than a name.
Subjects
- Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852 -- Appreciation -- Fiction
- Young men -- Fiction
- East Indian Americans -- Fiction
- Children of immigrants -- Fiction
- Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction
- Massachusetts -- Fiction