Desirable Daughters - Softcover

Mukherjee, Bharati

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786885157 ISBN 13: 9780786885152

Publisher: Hyperion, 2005

Synopsis

"The highlight of her career to date . . . Mukherjee bursts out as a star" (Publishers Weekly [starred review]) in her stirring novel of three women, two continents, and a perilous journey from the old world to the new--now available in paperback.

In the tradition of the Joy Luck Club, Bharati Mukherjee has written a remarkable novel that is both the portrait of a traditional Brahmin Indian family and a contemporary American story of a woman who has in many ways broken with tradition but still remains tied to her native country.

Mukherjee follows the diverging paths taken by three extraordinary Calcutta-born sisters as they come of age in a changing world. Moving effortlessly between generations, she weaves together fascinating stories of the sisters' ancestors, childhood memories, and dramatic scenes from India's history.

About this title

About the Author:

Bharati Mukherjee is the author of five novels, two non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories, including The Middleman and Other Stories, for which she won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a professor of English at the University of California Berkeley.

Synopsis:

The author The Middleman and Other Stories chronicles the journeys of three Brahmin women as they follow divergent paths from their home in Calcutta and a rigid Indian society to seek new lives for themselves on two separate continents. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0786885157
• ISBN 13: 9780786885152
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320