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Bharati Mukherjee

Born

in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

July 27, 1940

Died

January 28, 2017

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Vance Bourjaily

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Bharati Mukherjee was an Indian-born award winning American writer who explored the internal culture clashes of her immigrant characters in the award-winning collection The Middleman and Other Stories and in novels like Jasmine and Desirable Daughters.

Ms. Mukherjee, a native of Calcutta, attended schools in England, Switzerland and India, earned advanced degrees in creative writing in the United States and lived for more than a decade in Canada, affording her a wealth of experience in the modern realities of multiculturalism.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Calcutta in 1959 and a master’s degree from the University of Baroda, in Gujarat, in 1961. After sending six handwritten stories to the University of Iowa ...more

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Average rating: 3.47 · 12,073 ratings · 1,330 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee, Mira Jacob (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.47 avg rating — 3,951 ratings — published 1989 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desirable Daughters 3.31 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss New India 2.92 avg rating — 1,317 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holder of the World 3.51 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Middleman and Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tree Bride 3.09 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wife 3.44 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1975 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Management of Grief 3.78 avg rating — 233 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leave It to Me 2.69 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiger's Daughter 3.17 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Three Sisters from Calcutta (3 books)
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Bharati Mukherjee

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Quotes by Bharati Mukherjee (?)

“One time you mentioned the loneliness inside of marriage and I did not understand what you were saying. Two people are together; they have come from the same place; they share the same values, the same language. Practically speaking, they are the two halves of one consciousness. They eat the same food; they have a child; they sleep in the same bed, how can they be lonely.”
― Bharati Mukherjee, Desirable Daughters

tags: marriage, south-asian-literature, women

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“Humor's the hardest thing to translate.”
― bharati mukherjee

tags: humor

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“Love on the decline is hard to tell from love on the rise.” [From 'The Lady from Lucknow']”
― Bharati Mukherjee, Darkness

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Junkie., by William S. Burroughs (160 pages)

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