The name

Translation: Dr. Sura Khreis Number of pages: 467 pages Publisher: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority The story of the novel Al-Sami tells the story of Ashok and Ashima Ganguoli, who have their first son in 1968. And so that Ashima can leave the hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is necessary to give the child an official name, to register him in the birth certificate. The father Ashok names his son "Gogol," in honor of the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Thus, he contradicts a Bengali tradition that states that the grandmother in India chooses the name. The choice of the name is due to a storybook by Gogol's author, which was the reason for saving Ashok's life when he was seriously injured in his youth, confining him to bed for a whole year. Gogol realizes that his name is strange and he does not like it, and he is also annoyed by his parents' adherence to Bengali customs and traditions. Therefore, he adopts American lifestyle and culture, which angers his parents. He changes his official name before enrolling at Yale University to "Nikhil" in official documents. The author continues to depict the events of the novel, what happened to Nikhil "Gogol" in the New York elite society, and how he escaped from his identity and regained it again.