The Fictional World of Bharati Mukherjee

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: the psyche behind the novels. 2. Her fictional world: portrayal of characters. 3. Hovering between cultures. 4. Dilemma and fluidity of the immigrant sensibility. 5. Style: inner being of Bharati Mukherjee. 6. Sensibility of the uprooted in desirable daughters. 7. Convergence of past and present in The Tree Bride. 8. Conclusion: cultural differences. Bibliography.

"Bharati Mukherjee is one of the leading American writers of Indian origin. The book explores the changes that inflict the soul of a woman as she forcefully liberates herself from the conventional ideologies of the patriarchal, socio-economic, cultural set up. It also explores the world of the old and the new, revealing the myriad of variegated experiences that the woman undergoes to transmutate. The intertwining of the philosophies of the east and the west emphasizes the theory of the survival of the fittest. The book makes a rich contribution to Diasporic studies, women\'s studies and Indian literature." (jacket)