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The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee | |
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About 164 pages (49,171 words) in 14 products |
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Bharati Mukherjee | | Birth Date: |
July 27, 1940 | | Place of Birth: |
Calcutta, India | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
Writer, Educator |
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 Biography of Bharati Mukherjee
4335 words, approx. 14.5 pages
 Bharati Mukherjee has developed a reputation for exploring, through her writings, the meeting of the Third World and the First from the perspective of the immigrant to North America--to Canada and to the United States. Although she is well known for her... summary from source:
 Biography of Bharati Mukherjee
3192 words, approx. 10.6 pages
The author of six highly praised novels, two collections of short stories, and a smattering of nonfiction works, Bharati Mukherjee reflects her personal experiences in crossing cultural boundaries in her writings. In novels such as Jasmine, The Tiger's D... summary from source:
Biography of Bharati Mukherjee
1713 words, approx. 5.7 pages
In the tradition of novels in English about India, Bharati Mukherjee's novels carry a special weight. Unlike E. M. Forster, Paul Scott, and J. G. Farrell, she writes as a novelist who grew up in Calcutta, knows Indian, and especially Bengali, culture int...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Middleman and Other Stories Information
150 words, approx. 1 pages
 The Middleman and Other Stories, (1988) is a collection of short stories by Bharati Mukherjee. Stories from this volume are frequently anthologized, particularly Orbiting, A Wife's Story, and The Middleman. The short story Jasmine would later be...
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 Mother Jones the Middleman
05/01/2005: 5,241 words, approx. 18 pages Asher Karni was "a genius" in South Africa's military electronics trade. Now he's in jail in Brooklyn, accused of orchestrating a nuclear black market deal. ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 2004, conditions in the Rocky Mountains seemed ideal for the ski vacation that Asher... summary from source:
The Washington Post The Scapegoat Middleman
07/12/1993: 755 words, approx. 3 pages It doesn't point the way to better race relations, reduced violence or increased entrepreneurship. It probably doesn't provide anything of practical value. Thomas Sowell's piece on "middleman minorities" is just interesting. What makes it particularly interesting for me is that it sheds light...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Bharathi Harishankar
5,594 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following analysis of Darkness and The Middleman and Other Stories, Harishankar maintains that Mukherjee's writings act as a bridge of understanding “between the mainstream and minority, or man and woman, or centre and periphery … to effect a recognition of a common humanity.”
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Critical Essay by S. K. Tikoo
4,801 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Tikoo examines several of the short stories of The Middleman and Other Stories, concluding that “Mukherjee's stories ultimately present a fascinating picture of what constitutes modern America and the modern experience.”
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Critical Essay by A. V. Krishna Rao
4,588 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Rao discusses eight stories from Mukherjee's Darkness and The Middleman and Other Stories and shows why in Mukherjee's own view they represent her desire to be thought of as a mainstream American author.
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