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...
"Mukherjee is a very fine fiction writer, funny, intelligent, versatile and, on occasion, unexpectedly profound." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Born in Calcutta, schooled in the states, beautfiul, luminous Tara leaves her American husband behind and journeys back to India. But...