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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1971 novel by Bharati Mukherjee}}<br />
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{{Infobox book <br />
| name = The Tiger's Daughter<br />
| image = The Tiger's Daughter.jpg<br />
| caption = First edition (US)<br />
| cover_artist = Frank Bozzo<br />
| author = [[Bharati Mukherjee]] <br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| genre = <br />
| publisher = [[Houghton Mifflin]] (US)<br>[[Chatto & Windus]] (UK)<br />
| release_date = [[1971 in literature|1971]]<br />
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)<br />
| pages = 210 pp<br />
| isbn = 0-395-12715-7<br />
| dewey= 813/.5/4<br />
| congress= PZ4.M9555 Ti3 PR9499.3.M77<br />
| oclc= 217219<br />
| preceded_by = N/A<br />
| followed_by = [[Wife (novel)|Wife]] (1975)<br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Tiger's Daughter''''' is the first novel by [[Indian American]] author [[Bharati Mukherjee]],{{r|Foster}} published in 1971 by [[Houghton Mifflin]].{{r|Frazier}}<br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
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The story revolves around Tara who was raised in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], educated at [[Vassar College]] in New York and is married to an American man. The novel explores her sense of culture shock when she travels back to [[India]] intertwined with the political situation in Calcutta and [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Publication history==<br />
* Hardcover – {{ISBN|0-395-12715-7}}, published in 1971 by [[Houghton Mifflin]]<br />
* Paperback – {{ISBN|0-449-22100-8}}, published in 1992 by [[Fawcett Publications|Fawcett Crest]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="Foster">{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Malcolm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-a-novel-of-special-topicalit/196149655/ |title=A novel of special topicality |date=1972-01-08 |access-date=2026-04-23 |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |pages=41 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
<ref name="Frazier">{{cite news |last=Frazier |first=Jean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-writer-becomes-her/196149763/ |title=Writer Becomes Heroine Of First Novel |date=1972-01-08 |access-date=2026-04-23 |work=[[Lansing State Journal]] |pages=47 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0395127157-0 Powell's book review]{{404|date=April 2026}}<br />
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[[Category:1971 American novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels by Bharati Mukherjee]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Houghton Mifflin books]]<br />
[[Category:Fiction about Indian diaspora]]<br />
[[Category:Indian-American culture]]<br />
[[Category:1971 debut novels]]<br />
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