The Tiger's Daughter

by Bharati Mukherjee

Book Overview

Born in Calcutta and schooled in Poughkeepsie, Madison, Manhattan, beautiful, luminous Tara leaves her American husband behind as she journeys back to India. But the Calcutta she finds on her return -- seething with strikes, riots, and unrest -- is vastly different from the place she remembers. In this taut, ironic tale of colliding cultures, Tara seeks to reconcile the old world -- that of her father, the redoubtable Bengal Tiger -- and the brash...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014009301X
• ISBN13: 9780140093018
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Examination of another culture

I had to agree somewhat with the reviewer from Houston, TX, that The Tiger's Daughter is hard to understand in spots. However, having read Jasmine, I can follow her showing the reader the effects of moving from one culture to another. I think some sociologist has written of the "marginal man," that is the first-generation immigrant who is not at home in his new culture, but cannot comfortably return to the old one either.Aside from this, I liked learning about Indian culture. I know nothing about the lifestyles of about a half billion people. Jasmine is easier reading, once you pick up on the succession of name changes for the main character, but I'd recommend either book if you want to get acquainted with some other-than-Western writers.