Author | Bharati Mukherjee |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Published | 1975 Houghton Mifflin |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 213 pp |
ISBN | 0-395-20439-9 |
OCLC | 1176882 |
813/.5/4 | |
LC Class | PZ4.M9555 Wi3 PR9499.3.M77 |
Preceded by | The Tiger's Daughter (1971) |
Followed by | Darkness (1985) |
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