The Tiger's Daughter

The Tiger's Daughter
Author Bharati Mukherjee
Country United States
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
1971
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 210 pp
ISBN 0-395-12715-7
OCLC 217219
813/.5/4
LC Class 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.

Plot summary

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.

Book information

The Tiger's Daughter by Bharati Mukherjee


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