The Tiger's Daughter

The Tiger's Daughter
	First edition (US)
Author	Bharati Mukherjee
Cover artist	Frank Bozzo
Language	English
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin (US); Chatto & Windus (UK)
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	210 pp
ISBN	0-395-12715-7
OCLC	217219
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.M9555 Ti3 PR9499.3.M77
Preceded by	N/A
Followed by	Wife (1975)

Last updated March 30, 2025

The Tiger's Daughter (1971) is the first novel by Indian 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.

Publication history

Hardcover – ISBN 0-395-12715-7, published in 1971 by Houghton Mifflin
Paperback – ISBN 0-449-22100-8, published in 1992 by Fawcett Crest

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The Tiger's Daughter

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Plot summary

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