Wife (novel)
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Plot summary
This is the story of Dimple Dasgupta who has an arranged marriage to Amit Basu, an engineer. They move to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and experience culture shock and loneliness. As frustration becomes expressed as abuse, and the tale turns to tragedy.
Book information
Wife by Bharati MukherjeeBharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee is an award-winning Indian-born American writer. She is currently a professor in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley.-Background:...
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– ISBN 0-395-20439-9, published in 19751975 in literatureThe year 1975 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* August 12 — with the 20-year time limit stipulated by Thomas Mann at his death having expired, sealed packets containing 32 of the author's notebooks were opened in Zurich, Switzerland.* Writing under the...
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– ISBN 0-449-22098-2, published by Fawcett CrestFawcett PublicationsFawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett . At the age of 16, Fawcett ran away from home to join the Army, and the Spanish-American War took him to the Philippines. Back in Minnesota, he became a...