The Tiger's Daughter | |
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Author(s) | Bharati Mukherjee |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1971 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 210 pp |
ISBN | 0-395-12715-7 |
OCLC Number | 217219 |
Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
LC Classification | PZ4.M9555 Ti3 PR9499.3.M77 |
Preceded by | N/A |
Followed by | Wife (1975) |
The Tiger's Daughter (1971) is the first novel by noted Indian-born American author Bharati Mukherjee.
The story revolves around Tara who was raised in Calcutta, educated at Vassar College in New York and is married to an American man. The novel explores her sense of culture shock when she travels back to India intertwined with the political situation in Calcutta and West Bengal.
The Tiger's Daughter by Bharati Mukherjee