Kick back and get a break from the ongoing battle with two badass ladies and their sweet romance. If youre creating collateral pieces like custom envelopes to go with your finished book, please refer to the. Jan 16, 2004 the namesake by jhumpa lahiri 304pp, flamingo. The namesake cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. A life between two worlds march 9, 2007 in the namesake, the film based on the bestselling novel by jhumpa lahiri, a family from india struggles with the immigrant. Put the bulleted list in the middle of the copy you write for your back cover.
Design your cover in the design layer, using the template pdf or png file as the guide layer. A timeless, classic story of identity, family, and selfdiscovery. The award is administered by the world science fiction society. At home, gogol, sonia, and ben, sonias fiance, set up the christmas tree and the decorations. And the sudden death of gogols father is the only thing that brings him back to appreciate his. This is one of the most important pieces of copy youll write, since it has a lot of work to do representing your book and showing people whats unique, interesting, or especially valuable about what you. The back of a book cover is the perfect place to put this social proof. The book is bittersweet and poignant and speaks, simultaneously, of hope and regret, of lifes beauty and its injustices.
Books with great back cover texts usually go up in high sales. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the namesake, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The namesake, jhumpa lahiri the namesake 2003 is the first novel by american author jhumpa lahiri. Below are a few examples of back cover copy for fiction. Book cover or book board the front and back covers of books are often referred to as book covers or book boards as they are often made of bookbinding board and cover the book. Im a published novelist, and i participate in several writing groups and online communities. A dropped page of that book caused the authorities to recognize ashoke in the wreckage, and they saved.
A namesake is a person or thing that has the same name as another or that is named after another namesake may also refer to. A boring back cover text will cause the reader to lose interest and put the book back on the shelf. It will become very clear to you that we live in an orderly universe filled with omnipresence and you will full. But step back and look at the whole and youre knocked out. Not to mention, once your book arrives, the back layout can color readers expectations as much as the front cover. Seattle this second book lahiris pace and accent are unmistakable. It is named after hugo gernsback, the founder of the pioneering. The year is 1968, and ashima ganguli, a bengali woman who has recently moved to cambridge, massachusetts with her new husband, is about to give birth. Its not every day you run into someone whose specialty is back cover copy for your book. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hardcover fiction books best sellers the new york times. Standard book sizes, dimension, and specifications blurb. Some informative blog posts have addressed techniques for creating an effective front cover, but an often overlooked aspect of book cover design is the back of the book.
When ashima ganguli becomes pregnant with her first child she has only lived in america for a short time and is still getting used to the unusual culture. Take a boy, born in the late 1960s to indian parents living in the american suburbs, far from their native calcutta. Gogol begins school, and although his parents have settled on an official name, nikhil, for him to use. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket if applicable included for hard covers. When they returned, gerald, calling him nick, told him that his mother had called. Writers use the term blurb to describe the text on the back of the book. Lahiri gained widespread notice when her first book, a collection of short stories called the interpreter of maladies, won her the pulitzer prize in 2000. This should be broader in scope than the reasons you put in your bulleted list. The namesake film, a 2006 drama film, based on the novel.
Lahiri enriches the themes that made her collection, the interpreter of maladies, an international bestseller. A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. Here again lahiri displays her deft touch for the perfect detail the fleeting moment, the turn of phrase. One is that lahiris novelistic style feels more like summary this happened, then this, then this rather than a story i can experience. The book sizes and dimensions listed on this page and throughout most of our site are rounded measurements.
Its the essence of your books most exciting features, distilled into a few hundred words. Lahiri more than fulfills the promise of her auspicious. Above the list, speak directly to the readers, and give them the primary reason why they should read your book. In the namesake, lahiri enriches the themes that made her collection an international bestseller. Beautifully written, with vivid depictions of characters and settings that feel true and authentic. Apr 28, 2016 the back cover copy you write for your book is among the most important marketing messages youll craft. After you get done reading this book, give yourself time for it to sink in and then come to grips with it, you will discover that mankinds every move is being carefully guided by a higher power. Joint the joint of a book is the small groove which runs vertically down the book itself between the book boards book cover and the. The stories tackled similar themes to those in the namesake, which she published in 2003 to instant success and acclaim. Apparently gogol saved ashokes life when he was injured in a train crash in india, back in 1961. First pages of a single pdf file with both cover and pages. He had not heard the news for hours, as he was out at a party and then at dinner with maxine. I know this book and specially the author, doenst need any introduction here amongst this elite group of readers.
He names their son gogol, after the russian novelist. You already know that, in fact, everyone does judge a book by its cover. Lahiri brings her enormous powers of description to her first novel, infusing scene after scene with profound emotional depth. And by gogol we mean his books not the man himself. Ashima ganguli, nearly nine months pregnant, is preparing a makeshift version of a popular indian snack, for which she has an insatiable craving. Gogol begins preschool, then kindergarten, and ashima misses spending time with him, and walking around the neighborhood. Sep 14, 2019 topics about this book topics that mention this book. The artwork should extend to the outside edge of the templates pink zone to ensure a white border will not exist within the printed work. Sonia flies back from san francisco to be with ashima, while gogol flies to cleveland.
The gangulis move to a boston suburb, a university town where ashoke has found a job teaching electrical engineering. The namesake short story, by willa cather the namesake, childrens book by c. You also know that you have only two or three seconds to attract a potential reader with your front cover. There were, of course, downsides to being my uncles namesake, the chief of which was being called, at least within the family, little mason until i had reached the unseemly age of thirtyseven, the year big mason died and cleared the field. Topics about this book topics that mention this book.
The young ashoke is consumed in the work of nikolai gogol on the train ride back home, and refuses to part from the tattered book even in the late hours of the night. Isolated, desperately missing her large family back in india, she will never be at. The namesake is a novel that makes its reader feel privileged to be allowed. The question and answer section for the namesake is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. September 1, 2010 the journey begins september 2, 2010 prologue cover september 4, 2010 prologue page 1 september 7, 2010 prologue page 2 september 9, 2010 prologue page 3 september 11, 2010 prologue page 4. Lynne murphy, author of the new book the prodigal tongue, reports that while both named for and named after are used in american english, british writers are much more likely to use named after than named for. Last pages of a single pdf file with both cover and pages. Condensed and controlled, the namesake covers three decades and.
Her husband, ashoke, accompanies her to the hospital in a taxi. Nov 18, 2016 im a published novelist, and i participate in several writing groups and online communities. Julie myersons most recent novel, something might happen, is published by cape. Lahiri ruminates beautifully on what it means to be named and the legacies we carry with us from our families, from our families, from the ways we choose to live. Its the essence of your book s most exciting features, distilled into a few hundred words. The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits camino island. Summary and synopsis are also used but, in my experience, are used only in. Aug, 2015 put the bulleted list in the middle of the copy you write for your back cover. The namesake 2003 is the first novel by american author jhumpa lahiri. Its design matches the front endpaper and, in accordance with it, contains either plain paper or pattern, image etc. The back cover often contains biographical matter about the author or editor, and quotes from other sources praising the book.
The characters and interesting and enjoyable to be with. The last third of the book drags a little and didnt sustain my attention the way the rest of the book did. Select a strip from the dropdown menu to start reading the comic. Born to bengali emigre parents and newly arrived in the united states from london, she had to grapple early with questions of identity, and the impact of this is palpable in. I saw the film namesake but have not read the book.
The namesake follows the life of gogol ganguli, starting from when his parents immigrate from calcutta to massachusetts. Our friends at bookbub carried out an ab test in which they sent group a a book description with a testimonial and group b. See more ideas about cover, book cover design and cover design. It typically serves as the foundation for your online book descriptions, as well as any press releases or pitches you make to the media. The hugo is widely considered the premier award in science fiction. The books of namesake fanworks the art of namesake links. The namesake is a beautifully written novel the characters, particularly gogol and his father formed themselves in my mind like memories of people ive known. These sizes are only guidelines to approximate sizing, and should not be used in order to design an actual book or magazine. Nov 15, 20 it goes without saying that the cover of your book is key. The namesake chapters 5 and 6 summary and analysis gradesaver. Americanborn gogol, the son of indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow new yorkers, despite his familys unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
One way to write this primary reason is to present it as a question. Back on christmas eve of the current year, sonia picks up gogol from the train station. The namesake, a 2006 drama film, based on the novel. However, most books on amazon have the look inside feature, allowing the potential reader to view the back of the book before ordering. How to build the back of a book cover with template.
The back cover copy you write for your book is among the most important marketing messages youll craft. The namesake, by jhumpa lahiri, is a story of culture, race, and inheritance, and how. The hugo award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the world science fiction convention and chosen by its members. What is the summary written on the cover at the back of a. May 17, 20 every author knows the importance of a welldesigned book cover can never be overstated. Overview national endowment for the arts creative writing fellow jhumpa lahiri is known publicly by her nickname because her kindergarten teacher deemed it easier to pronounce than her proper name, nilanjana sudeshna. Back cover copy includes the book summary and author bio. In the waiting room of the hospital, ashoke remembers how in 1961, as he was taking the train from calcutta to jamshedpur to visit. There is a movie too which stars irrfan khan and tabu which isnt bad either, though reading the book would always be recommended. Her husband, ashoke ganguli, takes her to the hospital by taxi, and she is placed in a room with three other women.
I just read, earlier, a beautiful piece by friko, here, in which she shows women from different countries who meet for tea and find something in each other that is comforting, because of each womans individual foreignness. The namesake by jhumpa lahiri book club discussion. For nonfiction, establishing yourself as an expert and differentiating your book from the others written about the same. Condensed and controlled, the namesake covers three decades and crosses continents, all the while zooming in at very precise moments on telling detail, sensory richness, and fine nuances of character. Back cover copy is the blurb on the back of a book. Our friends at bookbub carried out an ab test in which they sent group a a book description with a testimonial and group b a version without a testimonial. The namesake speaks to the universal struggle to extricate ourselves from the past. Two weeks before her due date, pregnant ashima ganguli is cooking when her water breaks. But once that reader picks up your book and flips to your back cover, this is your chance to sell your book. On the inside of the back cover page, extending from the facing page before it, is the endpaper. How to build the back of a book cover with template reedsy.
Testimonials are incredibly persuasive in transforming potential readers into readers. However, moments after being engaged by your cover, readers are going to flip your book over to read the back cover. She uses onion, spices, rice krispies, and planters peanuts, but cannot. There is a movie too which stars irrfan khan and tabu which isnt bad either, though reading the book. Its not writing the book but writing the back cover text. I started it, as the write up on the back left me a bit cool towards the content. If you dont have a print version of your book and its only sold online, everything in this article about back book blurbs can be applied to your book description in online listings. A namesake is a person or thing named after someone or something else. A the back cover im holding back until i write up the blurb, but its essentially a reworked version of the chapter 4 cover. Nonfiction back cover copy for nonfiction, establishing yourself as an expert and differentiating your book from the others written about the same topic will help sell your book. Secret namesake sampler by kim sherouse krewson bookshop. The third example shows how part of the back cover copy the author bio, in this case can show up on the inside flap of a hard cover book. The namesake by jhumpa lahiri 2004, paperback ebay.
A sampler book filled with namesake after namesake to validate the power of a name. Maxine had offered to accompany him, but he refused. The namesake is a novel of selfdiscovery that is an emotional journey its readers will not soon forget. In the namesake, the pulitzer prize winner jhumpa lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations. But mostly, carrying my uncles name was more boon than burden. It was originally a novel published in the new yorker and was later expanded to a fulllength novel. The namesake summary the year is 1968, and ashima ganguli, a bengali woman who has recently moved to cambridge, massachusetts with her new husband, is about to give birth. As mentioned, we are posting our vane short story for the latest volume of dates anthology over the next couple of weeks. Back cover definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The secondtolast pdf page is the inside back cover.