Passionate, comic, violent, and tender, these stories draw us into a cultural fusion in the midst of its birth pangs, expressing a “consummated romance with the American language” (The New York Times Book Review).

Once again, Bharati Mukherjee prove she is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles to weave both the future and the past into a tale that is singularly intelligent and provocative.”—Amy Tan This is the remarkable story of ...

Mukherjee brilliantly illuminates the complex and shifting lives of America's new immigrants in these 12 stories.

So begins the wry story of an obedient daughter of middle-class Indian parents who is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Driven first to shock and then to despair, Dimple lives in a waking dream.

Praise for "Miss New India""Mukherjee s pitch perfect ear for character and mood and her storytelling gifts capture the exhilarating restlessness of a young Indian woman s pursuit of happiness.

With a new introduction by Mira Jacob for this thirtieth-anniversary edition, Jasmine is a masterful examination of identity, immigration, and sexuality from the “Matriarch of Indian-American literature” (Literary Hub).

"A very fine writer, funny, intelligent, versatile and, on occasion, unexpectedly profound." --The Washington Post Book World "MUKHERJEE IS FEARLESS . . . DARING AND WITTY . . .

At the heart of this remarkable new novel by the award-winning author of The Middleman and Other Stories and Jasmine are issues of culture, identity, and familial loyalty.

In piecing together her ancestor's transformation from a docile Bengali Brahmin girl-child into an impassioned organizer of resistance against the British Raj, the contemporary narrator discovers and lays claim to unacknowledged elements in ...