No One Can Pronounce My Name: A Novel

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By Rakesh Satyal ’02

Published March 13, 2017

A story of friendship, culture, and reconciliation, No One Can Pronounce My Name (Picador) delves into the experience of Indian Americans living in a suburb outside of Cleveland. The novel follows Harit and Ranjana, whose paths unexpectedly cross as each struggles to handle a turbulent time in their lives. The author Rakesh Satyal ’02’s first novel, Blue Boy (Kensington), received the Lambda Literary Award in 2010.

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