Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta in 1940. She lived in a house crowded with relatives until she was eight, when her father's career brought the family to live in London for several years. Her best-known novels include Jasmine , Desirable Daughters , and The Tree Bride . She was also the winner of the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Middleman and Other Stories . Ms. Mukherjee died in 2017.
Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta in 1940. She lived in a house crowded with relatives until she was eight, when her father's career brought the family to live in London for several years. Her best-known novels include Jasmine , Desirable Daughters , and The Tree Bride . She was also the winner of the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Middleman and Other Stories . Ms. Mukherjee died in 2017. See less
Bharati Mukherjee's Featured Books
Bharati Mukherjee book reviews
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Desirable Daughters
Interesting in parts, but very scattered...Too much going on with no clear focus. Read More
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The Middleman and Other Stories
The American Future
by rejoyce, Aug 2, 2007
Whether written in the voice of immigrant or American-born characters, Bharati Mukherjee's stories in The Middleman dramatize the transformation of this country by the influx of immigrants not only ... Read More
