02 Mar / The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
The acclaimed winner of the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award, Mukherjee’s collection features displaced, diverse Americans, from a troubled Vietnam vet to an Iraqi Jew from Queens to a wealthy immigrant Filipina. One of her stories, “Jasmine,” was expanded into a novel of the same name and published the following year.
Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997
Readers: Adult
Published: 1988
By in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian American
Tags > Anthology/Collection, Bharati Mukherjee, BookDragon, Coming-of-age, Cultural exploration, Haves vs. have-nots, Identity, Immigration, Middleman and Other Stories, What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature