No One Can Pronounce My Name

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No One Can Pronounce My Name No One Can Pronounce My Name

Author: Rakesh Satyal

Category: Other3

Published: 2003

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One of Goodreads' Best Books of the Month (May 2017)One of BuzzFeed's 31 Incredible New Books You Need to Read This SpringOne of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the YearA HUMOROUS AND TENDER MULTIGENERATIONAL NOVEL ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND OUTSIDERS—THOSE TRYING TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND WITHIN THEIR OWN FAMILIESIn a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can't pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit's sister, Swati. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every...