Wife (novel)

Wife

First edition
Author	Bharati Mukherjee
Language	English
Published	1975 Houghton Mifflin
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	213 pp
ISBN	0-395-20439-9
OCLC	1176882
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.M9555 Wi3 PR9499.3.M77
Preceded by	The Tiger's Daughter (1971)
Followed by	Darkness (1985)

Wife (1975) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee.The book was originally published by Houghton Mifflin. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Plot summary

This is the story of Dimple Dasgupta who has an arranged marriage to Amit Basu, an engineer, instead of marrying a neurosurgeon as she had dreamed about. They move to the United States and experience culture shock and loneliness. At one point, she jumps rope to escape her pregnancy. As frustration becomes expressed as abuse, the tale turns to tragedy with the murder of her husband, Amit at the end.

References

1. Mason, Jody (2001). "Rearticulating Violence". M/C Journal. 4 (2). doi:10.5204/mcj.1902.
2. Swanson, Willa (19 September 1976). "Reviewed work: Wife, Bharati Mukherjee". The Antioch Review. 34 (3): 380. doi:10.2307/4637809. JSTOR 4637809.
3. Maxey, Ruth (19 September 2023). "India versus America". Understanding Bharati Mukherjee. University of South Carolina Press. pp. 9–28. doi:10.2307/j.ctvgs0bhh.6. ISBN 9781643360003. JSTOR j.ctvgs0bhh.6. S2CID 240772323.
4. Tyler, Ralph (4 August 1975). "And Then There Was One". The Village Voice. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Archived at Google Books.
5. Gabeline, Donna (23 August 1975). "Culture Shock Explored in Topical 'Wife'". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Archived at Google Books.

Publication history

• Hardcover – ISBN 0-395-20439-9, published in 1975 by Houghton Mifflin
• Paperback – ISBN 0-449-22098-2, published by Fawcett Crest

External links

• Book review Archived 17 April 2004 at the Wayback Machine